Kissing face emoji 😗
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F617
What 😗 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Kissing face 😗 is tagged with these keywords: 143, date, dating, face, flirt, ily, kiss, love, smooch, smooches.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing 143 or date in the emoji search brings up 😗.
Kissing face 😗 is one of 9 emoji in the affectionate faces subgroup of smileys & emotion (172 emoji), next to ☺️ 😚 😙 🥲.
Will 😗 show on my friend's phone?
😗 arrived with Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Practically every phone and computer in use today shows it.
How to type 😗
Any emoji picker finds 😗 when you search for kissing face.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type kissing face.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type kissing face in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type kissing face.
Codes for developers
Kissing face 😗 is a single code point, U+1F617. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F617 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 😗 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😗 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F617"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F617} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%98%97 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 97 |
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 | kissing face |
| Português | rosto beijando |
| Español | cara besando |
| Italiano | faccina che bacia |
| Français | visage faisant un bisou |
| Deutsch | küssendes Gesicht |
| Türkçe | öpen yüz |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah memberikan ciuman |
| Polski | całująca twarz |
| Русский | целует |
| 日本語 | キス |
| 한국어 | 키스하는 얼굴 |
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All smileys & emotion emoji →Questions people ask
What does the kissing face emoji mean?
Unicode calls 😗 "kissing face" and links it with 143, date, dating, face. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the affectionate faces subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the kissing face emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the kissing face emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 😗 when you search for kissing face.