☺️ 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.

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Smile Emoji details

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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: ☺️
Hex HTML Entity: ☺️
UTF-16 hex: 0x263A 0xFE0F
Wikipedia: n/a
Version: Unicode 1.1
Year: 1993 (see all emoji of 1993)

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Drooling Face

Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes

Kissing Face with Smiling Eyes

Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes

Face with Steam from Nose

Grinning Face with Big Eyes

🌐 Smile Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	lächelndes Gesicht	fröhlich, Lächeln, lächelnd
Français	visage souriant	sourire
Русский	улыбается	довольный, лицо, смайлик, счастье, улыбка, хорошо
Español	cara sonriente	cara, contorno, relajado, sonrisa
Italiano	faccina sorridente	contorno faccina sorridente, emozionarsi, faccina, sorridente
Português	rosto sorridente	rosto, sorridente, sorriso
Polski	uśmiechnięta twarz	buźka, 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 ;-)

☺️ 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.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

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.