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Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes emoji ๐Ÿ˜

๐Ÿ˜ is the Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes emoji, in Smileys & People. It arrived in Emoji 1.0 (2015). People look for it with words like grin, happy, smile, joy, kawaii.

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:grin:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

What ๐Ÿ˜ means

A big, beaming grin.

Every code for ๐Ÿ˜

NameBeaming Face with Smiling Eyes
Shortcodes:grin:
CategorySmileys & People
Emoji versionEmoji 1.0 (2015)
Keywordsgrin, happy, smile, joy, kawaii
Code pointsU+1F601
HTML😁
CSS\1F601
JavaScript\u{1F601}
Python\U0001f601
UTF-8 bytesF0 9F 98 81
URL encoded%F0%9F%98%81

How to type ๐Ÿ˜

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :grin: in any text box and it turns into ๐Ÿ˜.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "beaming face with smiling eyes" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "beaming face with smiling eyes" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "beaming face with smiling eyes".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "beaming face with smiling eyes".
HTMLWrite 😁 in the page source.

Questions

About ๐Ÿ˜

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does ๐Ÿ˜ mean?
A big, beaming grin.
What is the shortcode for ๐Ÿ˜?
:grin:. With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type ๐Ÿ˜ on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "beaming face with smiling eyes". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for ๐Ÿ˜?
U+1F601, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). In HTML write 😁, in CSS "\1F601", and in JavaScript "\u{1F601}".

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