U+263A, ☺
WHITE SMILING FACE

[U+2639]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+263B]

U+263B, ☻
BLACK SMILING FACE

[U+263A]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+263C]

Translingual

Symbol

  1. A smiling face; used to indicate happiness or amusement.
    Michael: Are you coming round this evening?
    Michelle: Yes, of course
    • 2013, Jessica Burkhart, Home for Christmas (Canterwood Crest; Super Special) (in English), New York, NY: Aladdin M!X, →ISBN, page 44:
      This was supposed 2 be a SURPRISE, but the girls got it out of me. I wanted all of us 2 spend Xmas 2gether. By all, I mean r horses 2. Sooo . . . B, C, G, Z, & D, you have guests waiting @ BC. Zane, Valentino, Scout, Nero, & Polo r there! Now we can ride r horses when we r not volunteering & spend Xmas w them.


Presentations of ☺
Text
style
Emoji
style
Note: Character's appearance
may be different on each system.
Text style is forced with ︎
and emoji style with ️

Usage notes

This symbol is quite old and pre-dates the implementation of emojis; thus it can be said that it is not a true emoji. As such, some programs may automatically replace ☺ with a custom image, such as social networks' emoji implementations.

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