Winking face with tongue Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face with one eye squeezed shut in a wink, the other wide open, and a tongue sticking out. It shows a clear look of excitement, playfulness, or being up to no good.

Usage Context

Use this when you are teasing someone, sharing a joke, or letting them know you aren't being serious. It is the go-to response for lighthearted banter, similar to the vibe of 😝 or 🤪, and helps signal that your previous message was meant in jest.

History

This emoji has been a staple of digital chat since the late 90s, evolving from early ASCII emoticons like ';p' or ':-P'. It was officially added to Unicode in 2010 to standardize the various playful face designs found in early Japanese mobile messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

😜

Unicode

U+1F61C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f61c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE1C;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-tongue

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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