The Face with Tears of Joy is the classic "I'm laughing so hard I'm crying" emoji. It is also known as the laughing emoji, crying laughing emoji, LOL emoji and tears of joy emoji. ๐ Face with Tears of Joy is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F602 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ๐ Face with Tears of Joy mean?
The Face with Tears of Joy is the classic "I'm laughing so hard I'm crying" emoji. It reacts to jokes, memes and funny stories, and was named the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year in 2015. Younger users often swap it for ๐ or ๐ญ to say the same thing, but ๐ is still one of the most-sent emojis in the world.
The ๐ Face with Tears of Joy emoji belongs to the smiling group of the Smileys & Emotion category. It is commonly associated with crying, face, feels, funny and haha. It is the emoji version of the classic text emoticon :'). It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :joy: to insert it.
Face with Tears of Joy emoji codes
| Emoji | ๐ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F602 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 😂 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 😂 |
| CSS | \1F602 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F602} |
| Python | \U0001F602 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%98%82 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 82 |
| Shortcode | :joy: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :face_with_tears_of_joy: |
| Emoticon | :') |
How to type ๐ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for โface with tears of joyโ.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for โface with tears of joyโ.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search โfaceโ.
- HTML: write
😂in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Face with Tears of Joy keywords
- crying
- face
- feels
- funny
- haha
- happy
- hehe
- hilarious
- joy
- laugh
- lmao
- lol
- rofl
- roflmao
- tear
Frequently asked questions
What does ๐ mean?
The Face with Tears of Joy is the classic "I'm laughing so hard I'm crying" emoji. It reacts to jokes, memes and funny stories, and was named the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year in 2015. Younger users often swap it for ๐ or ๐ญ to say the same thing, but ๐ is still one of the most-sent emojis in the world.
What is the ๐ emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Face with Tears of Joy, but people also call it the laughing emoji, crying laughing emoji, LOL emoji and tears of joy emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Face with Tears of Joy emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ๐ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press โ Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ๐ Face with Tears of Joy added to Unicode?
Face with Tears of Joy was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Smiling emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicodeยฎ Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.