Slightly smiling face Emoji

Smileys

A classic yellow face with a soft, closed-mouth smile and wide, neutral eyes. It conveys a mild sense of happiness or content, lacking the teeth-baring enthusiasm of the 😀 emoji.

Usage Context

This face is the ultimate tool for tone-shifting in digital chats. Because it lacks a wide grin, it is frequently used to soften a statement, offer a polite acknowledgment, or inject a layer of passive-aggression when the user is trying to keep things civil despite being annoyed.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this emoji became a staple for users looking to bridge the gap between a blank, expressionless face and a full-blown, energetic grin. It gained notoriety in internet culture for its frequent use in memes depicting thinly veiled frustration or forced politeness.

Details

Glyph

🙂

Unicode

U+1F642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE42;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-smiling

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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