😊 Smiling face with smiling eyes
😊 Emoji meaning
I'm surprised! Delight, confidence, gratitude, peace of mind.
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😊 Meaning
With a shy, embarrassed smile, the 😊 emoji radiates happiness, contentment, peace of mind, and gratitude. The bright eyes and red cheeks that characterize this emoji symbolize joy and warmth. In particular, the red cheeks represent a feeling of embarrassment that often accompanies a compliment or happy surprise. It is often used to convey positive feelings and to make communication friendly and warm. In text form, the 😊 emoji can be represented by ^^. Use it to bring a smile to your conversation partner's face and convey a feeling of affection and goodwill.
Examples
- That’s so nice! 😊
- Are you coming too? 😊
- That makes me really happy. 😊
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Commonly confused with
Intensity Variant
Smiling face with smiling eyes vs slightly smiling; both mild friendly smiles, blush is subtle on some designs.
Hugging face vs smiling face; arms may be subtle, so it reads as just a warm smile.
Same Emotion
Smiling face with smiling eyes vs big open smile; both convey generic happiness or friendliness.
Smiling face with halo vs smiling face; halo for ‘angelic’ is tiny, so it reads as another gentle smile.
Hearts around face vs gentle smile; both tender, positive emotions, hearts just intensify it.
Smiling face with tear vs smiling face; both warmth and gratitude, tear can be missed at small size.
Savoring food vs smiling face; both positive, tongue may be overlooked and used just as happy.
Smiling face with sunglasses vs smiling face with smiling eyes; both relaxed, positive moods; glasses just add ‘cool’.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Smiling face with smiling eyes” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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Comments
(7) Comments
Nikku Just a warm and positive smile.
Bright I thought it showed sadness.
Ian A humble attitude shines through when someone does something good, and another person offers words of affirmation and respect. 😊
Jun “Of course I accept your apology, but I'll see you in hell again!“
Pierre It is joy and compassion.
Sila Thought it represented calmness.
Jennette It is a way of showing feelings for the other person. It can also be a way of saying, “It's my pleasure“ when you do something for someone else.