Face characters are the emoji emotions, happy (😀 😃 😄 😁), laughing (😂), love (😍), cool (😎), thinking (🤔), sad (😢 😭), angry (😡) and sleepy (😴). Use them to set a tone in chats and captions. Copy any from the keys below, or reach them on your phone’s emoji keyboard under smileys.
01 Symbols at a glance
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| Grinning Face | U+1F600 · Word: 1F600 Alt+X · 😀 |
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| Grinning Face With Big Eyes | U+1F603 · Word: 1F603 Alt+X · 😃 |
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| Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes | U+1F604 · Word: 1F604 Alt+X · 😄 |
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| Beaming Face | U+1F601 · Word: 1F601 Alt+X · 😁 |
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| Grinning Face With Sweat | U+1F605 · Word: 1F605 Alt+X · 😅 |
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| Face With Tears of Joy | U+1F602 · Word: 1F602 Alt+X · 😂 |
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| Slightly Smiling Face | U+1F642 · Word: 1F642 Alt+X · 🙂 |
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| Winking Face | U+1F609 · Word: 1F609 Alt+X · 😉 |
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| Smiling Face With Heart-Eyes | U+1F60D · Word: 1F60D Alt+X · 😍 |
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| Smiling Face With Sunglasses | U+1F60E · Word: 1F60E Alt+X · 😎 |
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| Thinking Face | U+1F914 · Word: 1F914 Alt+X · 🤔 |
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| Crying Face | U+1F622 · Word: 1F622 Alt+X · 😢 |
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| Loudly Crying Face | U+1F62D · Word: 1F62D Alt+X · 😭 |
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| Enraged Face | U+1F621 · Word: 1F621 Alt+X · 😡 |
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| Face Screaming in Fear | U+1F631 · Word: 1F631 Alt+X · 😱 |
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| Sleeping Face | U+1F634 · Word: 1F634 Alt+X · 😴 |
02 FAQ
How do I type face emoji like 😀 or 😢?
On phones, open the emoji keyboard and tap the smileys tab. On desktop, copy them from the keys above, or press Win + . (period) on Windows or Control + Command + Space on Mac to open the emoji picker.
What is the difference between 😊 and 😀?
😊 (U+1F60A) is a gentle "smiling face with smiling eyes", warm and friendly. 😀 (U+1F600) is a broad open "grinning face", more excited or cheerful. Both are positive; 😀 reads as bigger, more energetic.
Is there a plain-text (non-emoji) smiley symbol?
Yes, the classic ☺ (U+263A) and ☻ (U+263B) are monochrome smiley symbols shown in your text colour, and they even have the old Alt+1 / Alt+2 shortcuts. See our smiley symbols guide for those.