Grinning Face is the classic big, toothy smile. It is also known as the smiley emoji and happy face emoji. ๐ Grinning Face is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F600 and it was released in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ๐ Grinning Face mean?
Grinning Face is the classic big, toothy smile. It shows plain happiness, excitement or friendliness, and is a safe, upbeat way to end a message or react to good news.
๐ Grinning Face is part of the โSmilingโ set in the Smileys & Emotion emoji category. You will see it in chats and captions related to cheerful, cheery, face, grin and grinning. It was approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :grinning: to insert it.
Grinning Face emoji codes
| Emoji | ๐ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F600 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 😀 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 😀 |
| CSS | \1F600 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F600} |
| Python | \U0001F600 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%98%80 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 80 |
| Shortcode | :grinning: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :grinning_face: |
How to type ๐ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for โgrinning faceโ.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for โgrinning faceโ.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search โfaceโ.
- HTML: write
😀in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Grinning Face keywords
- cheerful
- cheery
- face
- grin
- grinning
- happy
- laugh
- nice
- smile
- smiling
- teeth
Frequently asked questions
What does ๐ mean?
Grinning Face is the classic big, toothy smile. It shows plain happiness, excitement or friendliness, and is a safe, upbeat way to end a message or react to good news.
What is the ๐ emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Grinning Face, but people also call it the smiley emoji and happy face emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Grinning Face 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 Grinning Face added to Unicode?
Grinning Face was released as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Related Smiling emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicodeยฎ Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.