😉 Meaning – Winking Face Emoji

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This is a classic wink emoji. This emoji implies humor in written form and shows that the message was sent with humorous intent, so that messages should not be taken too seriously. Also may be used as a light form of flirtation.

The Winking Face Emoji appeared in 2010, and now is mainly known as the Wink Emoji, but also may be reffered as the Winky Face Emoji. Sometimes it is mentioned as the Wink Face.

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Wink Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+1F609
Unicode name: Winking Face
Category: Smileys & People / Positive Faces
Keywords: face, happy
Windows Alt-code: Alt+1F609
Decimal HTML Entity: 😉
Hex HTML Entity: 😉
UTF-16 hex: 0xD83D 0xDE09
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wink
Version: Unicode 6.0
Year: 2010 (see all emoji of 2010)

Kissing Face with Closed Eyes

Clown Face

Grinning Face with Sweat

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

🌐 Wink Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	zwinkerndes Gesicht	Gesicht, Zwinkern
Français	visage faisant un clin d’œil	clin d’œil, visage
Русский	подмигивает	глаз, лицо, мигать, подмигивать, прищур
Español	cara guiñando el ojo	cara, guiño
Italiano	faccina che fa l’occhiolino	faccina, fare l’occhiolino
Português	rosto com olho piscando	piscada, rosto
Polski	twarz puszczająca oko	puszczać oko

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How to type Winking Face Emoji

There are number of methods to type Wink 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 Winking 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.