☺️ Smiling Face is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+263A and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ☺️ Smiling Face mean?
☺️ is the Smiling Face emoji, listed under Smileys & Emotion → Affectionate in the Unicode emoji standard. People often use it in messages about face, happy, outlined, relaxed and smile. Smiling Face has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :relaxed: to insert it.
Smiling Face emoji codes
| Emoji | ☺️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+263A |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ☺ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ☺ |
| CSS | \263A |
| JavaScript | \u{263A} |
| Python | \u263A |
| URL-encoded | %E2%98%BA |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 BA |
| Shortcode | :relaxed: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :smiling_face: |
How to type ☺️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “smiling face”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “smiling face”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “face”.
- HTML: write
☺in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Smiling Face keywords
- face
- happy
- outlined
- relaxed
- smile
- smiling
Frequently asked questions
What does ☺️ mean?
☺️ is the Smiling Face emoji, listed under Smileys & Emotion → Affectionate in the Unicode emoji standard. People often use it in messages about face, happy, outlined, relaxed and smile. Smiling Face has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :relaxed: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Smiling Face emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ☺️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ☺️ Smiling Face added to Unicode?
Smiling Face was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Affectionate emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.