😛

Face with Tongue Emoji 😛

Say something silly and back it up with face with tongue: eyes open, mouth open, tongue out, point made. It softens a tease or a jab, like saying "just kidding" out loud, minus the wink or squint its relatives add.

What 😛 means

No teeth in this grin — just an open mouth with the tongue caught mid-stick-out, like it's daring you to make something of it.

The 😛 Face With Tongue emoji is generally used in a light conversation - to show goofiness, playfulness, and maybe even to seem friendly. This emoji can have numerous connotations, but the most basic and obvious one is that related to innocence, childishness, laid-back, and carefree.

How and when to use it

If you just said something rude and you didn't mean it, back that text up with a 'JK' (Just Kidding) and send 😛.
You can use this to seem playful in a conversation.
The Face With Tongue emoji can also be used to act cool over text and not uptight.
Since there's a tongue out here, use the emoji wisely as it can be interpreted in a lot of ways.

Other Names

😛 Goofy Face
😛 Cute Face
😛 Playful
😛 Just Kidding
😛 Tongue Out
😛 Happy Dog Face

😛 in real conversations

What does 😛 mean from a girl?

Playful teasing, not flirtation — it's the face for "just kidding" or a light jab that isn't meant to sting. Attached to a joke at your expense, it signals no hard feelings.

What does 😛 mean from a guy?

Goofy and lighthearted, closer to sticking your tongue out at a sibling than a flirty wink. It softens sarcasm or turns a jab into a joke.

What does 😛 mean in texting?

Silly, joking, not serious. It's the emoji equivalent of a kid's raspberry — used to defuse an insult or add a playful edge to banter, with none of the wink's flirty undertone.

The lowdown

Category: Smileys & Emotion › face-tongue
Codepoints: U+1F61B
Emoji version: Emoji 1.0
Shortcodes: :stuck_out_tongue:
Keywords: awesome, cool, face, nice, party, stuck-out, sweet, tongue

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.