Meaning
A wide open-mouth grin — plain, cheerful happiness.
Grinning face — Approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
In conversation
The default happy emoji: good news, friendly hellos, casual positivity.
Tone
Bright and simple.
Common uses
- saying hello happily
- good news
- general cheer
Watch out
So generic it reads neutral-positive — for big excitement use 😁 or 🤩.
Examples
- hey! 😀
- great news 😀
- sounds good 😀
Also known as
grinning facesmileyhappy face emoji
Related searches
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English: grinning faceالعربية وجه بابتسامة عريضةespañol cara sonriendoportuguês rosto risonhoहिन्दी दाँत दिखाता चेहराIndonesia wajah gembira
Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.
Quick facts
Quick facts
Developer
Unicode data
Code points
U+1F600Unicode name
grinning faceUTF-8
F0 9F 98 80Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack)
:grinning_face:HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)
😀HTML (decimal)
😀CSS
\1F600 Languages
JavaScript
\u{1F600}Python
\U0001F600Perl
\x{1F600}PHP / Ruby
\u{1F600}Encodings
Punycode
xn--e28hURL escape code
%F0%9F%98%80See this emoji in open styles
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What does 😀 grinning face mean?
A wide open-mouth grin — plain, cheerful happiness.
How is 😀 grinning face used in conversation?
The default happy emoji: good news, friendly hellos, casual positivity.
What should I watch out for when using 😀 grinning face?
So generic it reads neutral-positive — for big excitement use 😁 or 🤩.