Tongue Emoji

People

A fleshy, pink human tongue extended outward. It is depicted as a smooth, rounded muscle, typically shown resting against or protruding from an invisible mouth.

Usage Context

Widely used in digital messaging to convey playfulness, cheekiness, or flirtation. It can signal that a statement is meant as a joke or a tease, acting similarly to 😜. It is also frequently used in food-related contexts to express that something tastes delicious, often paired with 😋.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0. Its design originates from the early mobile carrier sets in Japan, where it was introduced to add expressive body language to text-based communication, helping users convey nuances that words alone often miss.

Details

Glyph

👅

Unicode

U+1F445

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f445:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC45;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory body-parts

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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