Kissing face Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face with puckered, rounded lips and closed eyes, positioned as if blowing a kiss or whistling. The expression conveys a lighthearted, playful vibe rather than an intense romantic gesture.

Usage Context

Used to send casual affection, express a friendly goodbye, or indicate that someone is whistling to act cool. It is less serious than the heart-blowing 😘 or the passionate 💋, making it a go-to for flirty yet low-pressure messages.

History

Part of the initial wave of standardized emojis from Japanese mobile carriers, this design was widely adopted into Unicode 6.0 in 2010. It bridged the gap between early text-based emoticons like :-* and the more expressive graphical faces that define modern chat apps.

Details

Glyph

😗

Unicode

U+1F617

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f617:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE17;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-affection

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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