Face with tears of joy Emoji

Smileys

A bright yellow face with wide, smiling eyes and a broad grin, shedding two large, prominent teardrops from its outer corners. The expression captures the specific sensation of laughing so hard that tears begin to stream down the face.

Usage Context

This is the go-to emoji for reacting to something hilarious, a funny joke, or an absurd situation. It is the gold standard for conveying genuine amusement in digital conversations, often serving as the punctuation for a good punchline or a self-deprecating comment. It is frequently accompanied by 🤣 or 💀 to emphasize the intensity of the laughter.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, this emoji exploded in popularity alongside the rise of social media and mobile messaging. By 2015, it was named the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year, marking a cultural milestone where a graphical character became the most frequently used 'word' in global digital communication.

Details

Glyph

😂

Unicode

U+1F602

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f602:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE02;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-smiling

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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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