🙂 slightly smiling face
🙂
U+1F642
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| Character | 🙂 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F642 | |
| HTML decimal | 🙂 | |
| HTML hexadecimal | 🙂 | |
| HTML named entity | — | |
| CSS content | \1F642 | |
| JavaScript / UTF-16 | \uD83D\uDE42 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 99 82 |
Meaning & usage
Slightly smiling face (🙂) conveys an emotion, object or visual idea as an emoji.
Use it in messages and captions; emoji artwork and interpretation differ between platforms.
U+1F642 identifies this exact slightly smiling face form; copying the character preserves its Unicode identity, while its appearance depends on the font or emoji renderer.
In a message, slightly smiling face can supply an emotional cue; pair it with words when tone could otherwise be misunderstood. slightly smiling face occupies one Unicode code point. A similar-looking letter, punctuation mark or emoji is not necessarily interchangeable with 🙂 in search, filenames or text processing.
How to type slightly smiling face
- Windows
- Use Win + . for the emoji and symbol panel, or Character Map for supported fonts. In Microsoft Word, enter each hexadecimal code (1F642) and press Alt + X. There is no universal decimal Alt code for this character; legacy Alt codes depend on the code page.
- Mac
- Open Character Viewer with Control + Command + Space and search for slightly smiling face. With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled, hold Option and enter the UTF-16 units shown above. Standard Option shortcuts do not cover every Unicode symbol.
- Linux
- In compatible GTK applications, press Ctrl + Shift + U, enter 1F642, then Enter. Enter each code point separately for sequences. Other desktops or apps may require their character picker.
- iPhone & Android
- Look for slightly smiling face in your emoji keyboard if available, or copy it here and paste. Save frequently used symbols as a text replacement or keyboard shortcut; availability varies by keyboard.