Winking Face is playful, flirty or joking. It is also known as the wink emoji. ๐ Winking Face is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F609 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ๐ Winking Face mean?
Winking Face is playful, flirty or joking. It signals that you are teasing, sharing a secret, or that your last message shouldn't be taken too seriously.
The ๐ Winking Face emoji belongs to the smiling group of the Smileys & Emotion category. It is commonly associated with face, flirt, heartbreaker, sexy and slide. It is the emoji version of the classic text emoticon ;). Winking 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 :wink: to insert it.
Winking Face emoji codes
| Emoji | ๐ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F609 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 😉 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 😉 |
| CSS | \1F609 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F609} |
| Python | \U0001F609 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%98%89 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 89 |
| Shortcode | :wink: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :winking_face: |
| Emoticon | ;) |
How to type ๐ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for โwinking faceโ.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for โwinking faceโ.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search โfaceโ.
- HTML: write
😉in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Winking Face keywords
- face
- flirt
- heartbreaker
- sexy
- slide
- tease
- wink
- winking
- winks
Frequently asked questions
What does ๐ mean?
Winking Face is playful, flirty or joking. It signals that you are teasing, sharing a secret, or that your last message shouldn't be taken too seriously.
What is the ๐ emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Winking Face, but people also call it the wink emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Winking 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 Winking Face added to Unicode?
Winking Face 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.