Grinning face emoji 😀
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F600
What 😀 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 😀 are cheerful, cheery, face, grin, grinning, happy, laugh, nice, smile, smiling. They show what people use it for.
Search for cheerful or cheery on your emoji keyboard and 😀 is among the results.
You will find 😀 among the smiling faces (15 emoji), part of smileys & emotion with 172 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 😃 😄 😁 😆.
Will 😀 show on my friend's phone?
😀 has been around since Emoji 1.0 (2015), so it is safe to send to anyone.
How to type 😀
Search for grinning face in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 😀.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type grinning face.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type grinning face in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type grinning face.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 😀 is one code point (U+1F600), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F600 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 😀 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😀 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F600"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F600} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%98%80 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 80 |
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 | grinning face |
| Português | rosto risonho |
| Español | cara sonriendo |
| Italiano | faccina con un gran sorriso |
| Français | visage rieur |
| Deutsch | grinsendes Gesicht |
| Türkçe | sırıtan yüz |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah gembira |
| Polski | szeroko uśmiechnięta twarz |
| Русский | широко улыбается |
| 日本語 | にっこり笑う |
| 한국어 | 활짝 웃는 얼굴 |
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All smileys & emotion emoji →Questions people ask
What does the grinning face emoji mean?
Unicode calls 😀 "grinning face" and links it with cheerful, cheery, face, grin. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the smiling faces subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the grinning face emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the grinning face emoji?
Search for grinning face in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 😀.