Winking face emoji 😉
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F609
What 😉 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 😉 are face, flirt, heartbreaker, sexy, slide, tease, wink, winking, winks. They show what people use it for.
Search for face or flirt 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 winking 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 winking face.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type winking face in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type winking face.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 😉 is one code point (U+1F609), 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+1F609 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 😉 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😉 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F609"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F609} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%98%89 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 89 |
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 | winking face |
| Português | rosto com olho piscando |
| Español | cara guiñando el ojo |
| Italiano | faccina che fa l’occhiolino |
| Français | visage faisant un clin d’œil |
| Deutsch | zwinkerndes Gesicht |
| Türkçe | göz kırpan yüz |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah berkedip |
| Polski | twarz puszczająca oko |
| Русский | подмигивает |
| 日本語 | ウインク |
| 한국어 | 윙크하는 얼굴 |
More emoji like this
All smileys & emotion emoji →Questions people ask
What does the winking face emoji mean?
Unicode calls 😉 "winking face" and links it with face, flirt, heartbreaker, sexy. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the smiling faces subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the winking 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 winking face emoji?
Search for winking face in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 😉.