☺️ Meaning – Smiling Face Emoji

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This is the most basic emoji smiling face that simply denote base level of happiness or positivity. Smile Emoji sometimes may be used following an insult or criticism to remove some of the sting.

The Smiling Face Emoji appeared in 1993, and now is mainly known as the Smile Emoji, but also may be reffered as the White Smiley Face. Sometimes it is mentioned as the White Smiling Face.

Smile Emoji, Apple style
Apple
Smile Emoji, Microsoft style
Microsoft
Smiling Face Emoji, Samsung style
Samsung
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Browser / Native
Smiling Face Emoji, Emoji One style
Emoji One
Smile Emoji, Facebook style
Facebook Messenger
Smiling Face Emoji, LG style
LG
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ASCII Emoticon

Smile Emoji details

Symbol to copy
Uncode codepoint
U+263A U+FE0F
Unicode name
Smiling Face
Category
Smileys & People / Positive Faces
Keywords
face, outlined, smile, happy
Windows Alt-code
n/a
Decimal HTML Entity
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Hex HTML Entity
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UTF-16 hex
0x263A 0xFE0F
Wikipedia
n/a
Version
Unicode 1.1
Year
1993 (see all emoji of 1993)

🌐 Smile Emoji translations

LanguageCLDR NameKeywords
Deutschlächelndes Gesichtfröhlich, Lächeln, lächelnd
Françaisvisage souriantsourire
Русскийулыбаетсядовольный, лицо, смайлик, счастье, улыбка, хорошо
Españolcara sonrientecara, contorno, relajado, sonrisa
Italianofaccina sorridentecontorno faccina sorridente, emozionarsi, faccina, sorridente
Portuguêsrosto sorridenterosto, sorridente, sorriso
Polskiuśmiechnięta twarzbuźka, uśmiech, zrelaksowany

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How to type Smiling Face Emoji

There are number of methods to type Smile Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste ☺️ emoji

It's very easy to get Smiling Face Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read ☺️ meaning and look at ☺️ pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

Smile Emoji HTML-entities

HTML entites are intended for using on websites. You can put Smiling Face Emoji html entity code in decimal or hexadecimal form right in your message, and it will be translated into graphical representation of Smile Emoji after you submit.

☺️ emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

  1. Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.
  2. Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.
  3. Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit
  4. Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.

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