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Kissing Face with Smiling Eyes Emoji 😙

Eyes crinkled into a smile, neither shut nor wide open, is what splits kissing face with smiling eyes from its two kissing cousins. It lands as fond rather than romantic — a good pick for someone you love and respect, or as a plain whistle of approval.

What 😙 means

Third face in the kissing-emoji trio — the only one whose eyes crease into a smile instead of shutting or staying open.

The Kissing Face With Smiling Eyes emoji depicts happiness and affection while offering warmth and coziness with happy eyes. It makes for a great emoji response to someone older, like a family member that you love and respect a lot (grannies, esp).

This emoji also works as a 'Whistling' face; happy and heart-felt whistling to the beat and not a rattle.

How and when to use it

This can be a sweet response to texts from your grandparents.
It can be used with someone who's in a closer circle as compared to the 😗 Kissing Face emoji. So you can use it with close family, friends, etc.
You can also use this emoji to represent whistling, but it depends on the scenario and the person you're texting.

Other Names

😙 Kissing Face
😙 Kissy Face
😙 Kisses
😙 Affectionate Kiss
😙 Whistling

😙 in real conversations

What does 😙 mean from a girl?

A sweet, smiling kiss — one of the gentlest in the lineup, since the closed smiling eyes read as genuine happiness rather than flirtation. It shows up thanking someone or reacting to something cute.

What does 😙 mean from a guy?

Soft affection, usually platonic or comfortably established rather than a flirty opener. The smiling eyes give it a "you're sweet" tone more than a "I want you" one.

What does 😙 mean in texting?

A happy little kiss — warm, low-key, genuinely pleased. It's easy to mix up with 😗 and 😚, but the smile in the eyes is what makes this one feel the most sincere.

The lowdown

Category: Smileys & Emotion › face-affection
Codepoints: U+1F619
Emoji version: Emoji 1.0
Shortcodes: :kissing_smiling_eyes:
Keywords: 143, closed, date, dating, eye, eyes, face, flirt, ily, kiss, kisses, kissing, love, night, smile, smiling

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.