A halo hovering over a smiling face, and the emoji people reach for to look innocent — whether or not they are. It marks genuine goodness and kind deeds just as readily as it plays sarcastic, dropped in right after someone's done something mischievous.
What 😇 means
The smiling face with a halo emoji is a yellow face smiling face with 😊 Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes (minus the blush) and a pretty, blue halo. The halo signifies innocence, divinity, angelic emotion, and all the good stuff.
The smiling face paired with the halo either carries a sense of angelic qualities, innocence, or sarcastic innocence (works either way).
How and when to use it
- The smiling face can be used as a way of conveying innocence in a light conversation.
- You can also use 😇 as a foundation to a sweet achievement you pursued.
- The angel-like emoji could be used in any positive and uplifting connotation.
Other Names
- 😇 Innocent Face
- 😇 Halo Emoji
- 😇 Angel Face
- 😇 Fantasy
- 😇 Blessed
😇 in real conversations
What does 😇 mean from a girl?
Innocent — or, more often, deliberately not innocent. It's the go-to sign-off after admitting to something a little mischievous: "I may have texted your ex 😇" is a confession wearing a halo as a disguise.
What does 😇 mean from a guy?
Mock-innocence after doing or saying something he knows wasn't so angelic. It's a wink dressed up as virtue — the halo is doing ironic work almost every time.
What does 😇 mean in texting?
Sarcastic innocence, nine times out of ten. Genuine sweetness shows up occasionally — thanking someone, wishing them well — but the emoji's main job is undercutting a confession with a smile.
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-smiling
- Codepoints
U+1F607- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0
- Shortcodes
:innocent:- Keywords
- angel, angelic, angels, blessed, face, fairy, fairytale, fantasy, halo, happy, innocent, peaceful, smile, smiling, spirit, tale
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 😇 Smiling Face with Halo or 🐭 Mouse Face?
Runs with a crowd
😇 keeps company in cute emojis and happy emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.