Grinning face with smiling eyes Emoji
Smileys
A bright yellow face with an open, grinning mouth and two upward-curved, smiling eyes. This expression conveys genuine warmth, excitement, and a sense of lighthearted amusement.
Usage Context
This is one of the most versatile emojis for indicating positive vibes. People use it to signal that they are genuinely happy, joking around, or enjoying a conversation. It serves as a more enthusiastic version of 😊 and is often used to soften the tone of a message or show that you are laughing along with someone else.
History
Based on the classic 'smiley face' icons that rose to popularity in early 1990s desktop computing, this character was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2010. It draws direct inspiration from the text-based emoticons like ':D' and ':)' that defined early internet message boards and chat rooms before graphical emojis were widely supported.
Details
Glyph
😄
Unicode
U+1F604
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f604:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-smiling
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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