Beaming face with smiling eyes emoji 😁
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F601
What 😁 means
Beaming face with smiling eyes 😁 goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: beaming, eye, eyes, face, grin, grinning, happy, nice, smile, smiling.
Those words also drive emoji search: try beaming or eye on your phone to find 😁.
On the emoji keyboard, 😁 sits with the smiling faces (15 emoji) inside smileys & emotion, which has 172 emoji, for example 😆 😅 🤣 😂.
Will 😁 show on my friend's phone?
😁 has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type 😁
To find 😁 quickly, type beaming into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type beaming face with smiling eyes.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type beaming face with smiling eyes in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type beaming face with smiling eyes.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees 😁 as one code point, U+1F601: 4 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F601 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 😁 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😁 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F601"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F601} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%98%81 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 81 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 😁 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | beaming face with smiling eyes |
| Português | rosto contente com olhos sorridentes |
| Español | cara radiante con ojos sonrientes |
| Italiano | faccina raggiante con occhi felici |
| Français | visage souriant aux yeux rieurs |
| Deutsch | strahlendes Gesicht mit lachenden Augen |
| Türkçe | gülen gözlerle sırıtma |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah gembira dengan mata bahagia |
| Polski | szeroko uśmiechnięta twarz o roześmianych oczach |
| Русский | светится от счастья |
| 日本語 | にやっと笑う |
| 한국어 | 미소 짓는 눈으로 웃는 얼굴 |
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All smileys & emotion emoji →Questions people ask
What does the beaming face with smiling eyes emoji mean?
Unicode calls 😁 "beaming face with smiling eyes" and links it with beaming, eye, eyes, face. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the smiling faces subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the beaming face with smiling eyes emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the beaming face with smiling eyes emoji?
To find 😁 quickly, type beaming into the emoji search.