Relieved face Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face with gentle, closed eyes, arched eyebrows, and a slight, peaceful smile. It conveys a sense of calm, comfort, and deep satisfaction after a stressful situation has passed.

Usage Context

Use this when you finally finish a tough task, take a long-awaited break, or just feel at peace with the world. It is the go-to reaction for 'phew' moments, pairing well with 😌 or the more exhausted 😮‍💨 when a stressful ordeal is finally over.

History

Part of the initial wave of standardized emojis included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this design grew out of early Japanese mobile emoticons. It was intended to bridge the gap between simple text-based kaomoji and the more expressive, graphic-heavy emoji sets that began dominating messaging apps like Line and WhatsApp.

Details

Glyph

😌

Unicode

U+1F60C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f60c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE0C;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-sleepy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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