What 😂 means
The face with tears of joy emoji is a yellow face emoji with a broad grin and squished-in eyes with tears flowing out. This emoji carries a dual significance; one is the emoji itself and the other is its name.
The design of the emoji makes it the perfect way to respond to something funny, whereas the name of the emoji makes it seem like an emoji for happy and proud moments - 'with tears of joy'. Nonetheless, this emoji is mostly, universally used to signify laughter.
How and when to use it
How and When to Use 😂 Face With Tears of Joy Emoji
- When someone sends you something and you just laughed out loud, you can send this emoji as a LOL signal.
- When you are sending something, give a funny hint to the receiver so that they don't toss the image/video away.
Other Names
- 😂 The Face Of Joy
- 😂 Tears Of Happiness
- 😂 Tearing Up While Laughing
- 😂 Happy Face
😂 in real conversations
What does 😂 mean from a girl?
That was genuinely funny — and the count scales with the laughter: one is a chuckle, a row of them is wheezing. Among younger texters it's partly been handed off to 💀 and 😭, so a 😂 can also just mean the sender isn't chronically online.
What does 😂 mean from a guy?
The default laugh. A single 😂 can be a polite laugh the way “haha” is; a stack of them is sincere. If he types anything alongside it, the joke really landed.
What does 😂 mean in texting?
Laughter, plain and simple — this has been the world's most-used emoji for years running. The internet loves to call it the millennial laugh, and the internet keeps using it anyway.
At a glance
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-smiling
- Codepoints
U+1F602- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:joy:- Keywords
- crying, face, feels, funny, haha, happy, hehe, hilarious, joy, laugh, lmao, lol, rofl, roflmao, tear
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens.
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 😂 Face with Tears of Joy or 🇵🇸 Flag: Palestinian Territories?
Runs with a crowd
😂 keeps company in happy emojis and laughing emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.