Face with tongue Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face with its eyes squeezed shut and its tongue poked out, capturing a look of goofy excitement or lighthearted mischief.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to choice for sending a playful tease, signaling you are joking, or reacting to something silly. It is frequently used to soften a sarcastic comment, ensuring the recipient knows it was said in good fun rather than with malice. It shares a similar vibe with 😜 or 😝, though it is slightly less intense than those variations.
History
Part of the original set of emoticons that helped transition early internet slang from text-based characters like :-P into the graphical world. It became a standard inclusion in Unicode 6.0 in 2010 as part of the broader effort to standardize facial expressions across diverse mobile operating systems.
Details
Glyph
😛
Unicode
U+1F61B
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f61b:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-tongue
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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