🤗Smiley with hands before his face

🤗 Smiling face with open hands

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🤗 Emoji meaning

I missed you! Hugs, warmth, friendliness.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Emoji History
  4.  Similar Emojis
  5.  Platforms
  6.  Emoji Details
  7.  Comments

🤗 Meaning

Smiley with red cheeks is stretching out its hands toward you. Wants to hug you. It's an open and cordial gesture and an expression of warmth and friendliness.

Examples

  • You’re finally here! 🤗
  • Can you come here for a sec? 🤗
  • It’s so good to see you again. 🤗

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Smiling face with open hands
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Two hearts

Hugging face vs two hearts; both used for affection, comfort, or support.

Intensity Variant

Smiling face with open hands
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Smiling face with smiling eyes

Hugging face vs smiling face; arms may be subtle, so it reads as just a warm smile.

Same Shape

Smiling face with open hands
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Open hands

Open hands vs hugging face; both visually suggest a hug or welcoming gesture.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Smiling face with open hands” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ hands + open + smiling

Keywords removed

- open hands - smiling face - smiling face with open hands

In the release of Emoji 14.0 and Unicode 14.0 in 2021 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

hugging face

Emoji title after

smiling face with open hands

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ open hands + smiling face + smiling face with open hands

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- hugging face

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ hugging face

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ face + hug + hugging

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- hug - hugging

Similar emojis from "Tongues, Hands and Accessories"

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😋 Face savoring food 😛 Face with tongue 😜 Winking face with tongue 🤪 Zany face 😝 Squinting face with tongue 🤑 Money-mouth face 🤗 Smiling face with open hands 🤭 Face with hand over mouth 🫢 Face with open eyes and hand over mouth 🫣 Face with peeking eye 🤫 Shushing face 🤔 Thinking face 🫡 Saluting face 🤤 Drooling face 🤠 Cowboy hat face 🥳 Partying face 🥸 Disguised face 😎 Smiling face with sunglasses 🤓 Nerd face 🧐 Face with monocle
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Comments

(14) Comments

  • We see this emoji as someone who is too excited about a cake (and reaches out for it, in poor self-control).

  • Use it to say, "You're welcome, with care."

  • I know it's supposed to be “hug“, but I've always called it the grope emoji. I mean, if you're honest, you have to admit that it looks a lot more like groping than hugging, right?

  • My male friend and I use this every time we say good night or good morning, or if we have a good conversation. Both believe that only deserve hugs from each other (Eva and Edu🤗).

  • I use it to give someone a nice big hug.

  • To calm my friend down, to keep him cool, I'm there and I care.

  • I use this emoji to accept appreciation and love, just as I would use a hug in person.