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Winking Face emoji ๐Ÿ˜‰

๐Ÿ˜‰ is the Winking Face emoji, in Smileys & People. It arrived in Emoji 1.0 (2015). People look for it with words like wink, happy, mischievous, secret, ;).

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:wink:

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

What ๐Ÿ˜‰ means

Joking, flirting or hinting at something left unsaid.

Every code for ๐Ÿ˜‰

NameWinking Face
Shortcodes:wink:
CategorySmileys & People
Emoji versionEmoji 1.0 (2015)
Keywordswink, happy, mischievous, secret, ;), smile, eye
Code pointsU+1F609
HTML😉
CSS\1F609
JavaScript\u{1F609}
Python\U0001f609
UTF-8 bytesF0 9F 98 89
URL encoded%F0%9F%98%89

How to type ๐Ÿ˜‰

Without copying it, on every device.

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

Questions

About ๐Ÿ˜‰

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does ๐Ÿ˜‰ mean?
Joking, flirting or hinting at something left unsaid.
What is the shortcode for ๐Ÿ˜‰?
:wink:. 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 "winking face". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for ๐Ÿ˜‰?
U+1F609, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). In HTML write 😉, in CSS "\1F609", and in JavaScript "\u{1F609}".

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