Slightly Smiling Face is a small polite smile. It is also known as the smile emoji and smiley face emoji. ๐ Slightly Smiling Face is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F642 and it was released in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ๐ Slightly Smiling Face mean?
Slightly Smiling Face is a small polite smile. Depending on context it can feel friendly or, to younger users, passive-aggressive.
The ๐ Slightly Smiling Face emoji belongs to the smiling group of the Smileys & Emotion category. You will see it in chats and captions related to face, happy, slightly, smile and smiling. It is the emoji version of the classic text emoticon :). 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 :slightly_smiling_face: to insert it.
Slightly Smiling Face emoji codes
| Emoji | ๐ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F642 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🙂 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🙂 |
| CSS | \1F642 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F642} |
| Python | \U0001F642 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%99%82 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 99 82 |
| Shortcode | :slightly_smiling_face: |
| Emoticon | :) |
How to type ๐ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for โslightly smiling faceโ.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for โslightly smiling faceโ.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search โfaceโ.
- HTML: write
🙂in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Slightly Smiling Face keywords
- face
- happy
- slightly
- smile
- smiling
Frequently asked questions
What does ๐ mean?
Slightly Smiling Face is a small polite smile. Depending on context it can feel friendly or, to younger users, passive-aggressive.
What is the ๐ emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Slightly Smiling Face, but people also call it the smile emoji and smiley face emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Slightly Smiling 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 Slightly Smiling Face added to Unicode?
Slightly Smiling 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.