What 😄 means
A yellow face with a pair of closed and inversely curved eyes, a broad smile with visible upper teeth, and a small portion of the tongue, which is shown either in red or pink. The tongue is not shown on all platforms.
The 😄 Grinning Face With Smiling eyes emoji is a combination of happiness, contentment, and unfiltered bliss. The smiling eyes in the emoji say it all. When someone smiles with their eyes, it's a whole new level of pure happiness, and that's exactly what this emoji signifies!
How and when to use it
- To show happiness and joy
- Express warmth and virtual comfort
- This emoji can also be used to show filial love; the kind of love a family shares.
Other Names
- 😄 Smiling face
- 😄 Affectionate face
- 😄 Happy face
- 😄 Pampered face
- 😄 Laughing Face
At a glance
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-smiling
- Codepoints
U+1F604- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:smile:- Keywords
- eye, eyes, face, grin, grinning, happy, laugh, lol, mouth, open, smile, smiling
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 😄 Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes or 🇩🇯 Flag: Djibouti?
Runs with a crowd
😄 keeps company in happy emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.