Smileys & Emotion · Affectionate
☺️ Smiling Face
- Emoji
- ☺️
- Unicode
- U+263A
- Shortcode
- :relaxed:
- HTML code
- ☺
- Approved in
- Unicode 6.0 (2010)
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion
What does the ☺️ emoji mean?
The ☺️ smiling face emoji is one of the smileys and emotion emojis (affectionate). People use it in chats and social media to express happy, outlined, relaxed and smile. As with every face, its exact meaning depends on the tone of the conversation and who sends it.
Keywords: face, happy, outlined, relaxed, smile, smiling.
Featured in: Smiley face emojis, Happy emojis.
How ☺️ looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
How to type ☺️ on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “smiling face” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “smiling face”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “smiling face”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “smiling face”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :relaxed: |
☺️ emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | smiling face |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+263A |
| HTML decimal | ☺ |
| HTML hex | ☺ |
| CSS | \263A |
| JavaScript | \u{263A} |
| Shortcode | :relaxed: |
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What does the ☺️ emoji mean?
The ☺️ smiling face emoji is one of the smileys and emotion emojis (affectionate). People use it in chats and social media to express happy, outlined, relaxed and smile. As with every face, its exact meaning depends on the tone of the conversation and who sends it.
How do I copy and paste the smiling face emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “smiling face”.
When was the ☺️ emoji released?
It was approved in Unicode 6.0, in 2010. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.