๐Ÿ˜† Grinning Squinting Face

Copy and paste this emoji: ๐Ÿ˜†

Emoji Meaning

1

A bright yellow face with a big grin showing the upper front teeth and X-shaped eyes. Use it to react to something hilariously absurd โ€” it radiates playful silliness, energetic fun, enthusiasm, and pure joy.

2

A yellow face with a wide grin and eyes squeezed into horizontal Xs โ€” often called "squinting with laughter." The big open mouth reveals the top row of teeth and a red tongue, conveying hearty, rolling laughter from the sender. This emoji isnโ€™t only used for a great joke or a strange situation; many people also pick it to show strong emotions or intense reactions.

This face is very similar to the laughing smiley, the only real difference being the eyes. In plain text itโ€™s commonly written as the letters XD or with two triangular brackets ><.

Also Known As

  • ๐Ÿ˜† Big Grin
  • ๐Ÿ˜† Closed-Eyes Smile
  • ๐Ÿ˜† Laughing
  • ๐Ÿ˜† XD
  • ๐Ÿ˜† ><

Apple Name

  • ๐Ÿ˜† Grinning Face with Squinting Eyes

Unicode Name

  • ๐Ÿ˜† Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Tightly-Closed Eyes

๐Ÿ˜†How might this emoji look on a human face?

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๐Ÿ˜† Emoji Codes

Codepoints

U+1F606

Shortcodes

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For developers

URL escape code %F0%9F%98%86
Punycode xn--k28h
Bytes (UTF-8) F0 9F 98 86
JavaScript, JSON, Java \uD83D\uDE06
C, C++, Python \U0001f606
CSS \01F606
PHP, Ruby \u{1F606}
Perl \x{1F606}
HTML hex &#x1F606;
HTML dec &#128518;

Tags: face, grinning squinting face, laugh, mouth, satisfied, smile

Category: Smileys & Emotion

Subgroup: Happy faces