Grinning squinting face emoji 😆
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F606
What 😆 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 😆 are closed, eyes, face, grinning, haha, hahaha, happy, laugh, lol, mouth. They show what people use it for.
Search for closed or eyes 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?
One of the first emoji ever: 😆 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 😆
Search for closed 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 squinting face.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type grinning squinting face in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type grinning squinting face.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 😆 is one code point (U+1F606), 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+1F606 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 😆 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😆 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F606"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F606} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%98%86 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 86 |
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 squinting face |
| Português | rosto risonho com olhos semicerrados |
| Español | cara sonriendo con los ojos cerrados |
| Italiano | sorriso a bocca aperta con occhi chiusi |
| Français | visage souriant avec yeux plissés |
| Deutsch | Grinsegesicht mit zugekniffenen Augen |
| Türkçe | kapalı gözlerle ağzı açık sırıtma |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah tersenyum lebar dan memejamkan mata |
| Polski | uśmiechnięta twarz z przymrużonymi oczami |
| Русский | смеется с прищуренными глазами |
| 日本語 | きゃー |
| 한국어 | 눈웃음짓는 얼굴 |
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All smileys & emotion emoji →Questions people ask
What does the grinning squinting face emoji mean?
Unicode calls 😆 "grinning squinting face" and links it with closed, eyes, face, grinning. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the smiling faces subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the grinning squinting face 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 grinning squinting face emoji?
Search for closed in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 😆.