What does the squinting face with tongue emoji mean?

The squinting face with tongue emoji depicts a yellow face with scrunched, X-shaped eyes and a big grin, sticking out its tongue. Often conveys a sense of fun, excitement, playfulness, hilarity, and happiness, as if saying Squee! or Awesome! Similar to <%= link_to "grinning squinting face", emoji_path("grinning-squinting-face") %>. Generally more exuberant than <%= link_to "face with tongue", emoji_path("face-with-tongue") %> and <%= link_to "winking face with tongue", emoji_path("winking-face-with-tongue") %>. Samsung previously featured a more sour expression. Because of its stuck-out tongue, note that this smiley may be applied or interpreted in suggestive ways. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name 'Face with Stuck-Out Tongue and Tightly-Closed Eyes' and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

How to use the squinting face with tongue emoji?

Copy and paste 😝 into your messages, e.g., That was awesome! 😝. It works on most platforms.

What is the Unicode code for squinting face with tongue?

The Unicode code point for 😝 is U+1F61D.

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😝 "squinting face with tongue" emoji (copy and paste)

😝

squinting face with tongue

A yellow face with scrunched, X-shaped eyes and a big grin, sticking out its tongue.

Meaning of the squinting face with tongue Emoji

The squinting face with tongue emoji depicts a yellow face with scrunched, X-shaped eyes and a big grin, sticking out its tongue. Often conveys a sense of fun, excitement, playfulness, hilarity, and happiness, as if saying Squee! or Awesome! Similar to grinning squinting face. Generally more exuberant than face with tongue and winking face with tongue. Samsung previously featured a more sour expression. Because of its stuck-out tongue, note that this smiley may be applied or interpreted in suggestive ways. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name 'Face with Stuck-Out Tongue and Tightly-Closed Eyes' and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

Usage Examples

That was awesome! 😝
Feeling playful 😝
Squee! 😝
Hilarious moment 😝
Excited and fun 😝

Alternative Names

squinting face with tongue, excited tongue, playful squint, hilarity face, squee face

Related Word Associations

face, squint, tongue, fun, excitement, playfulness, hilarity, happiness

Appearance in OpenMoji

Download the OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0) version of the 😝 squinting face with tongue emoji for cross-platform use:

PNG format:

SVG format:

SVG (vector)

Unicode Data

Code Point(s):: U+1F61D
Version:: Emoji E0.6

Developer Codes

Shortcode (Discord)	`:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:`
Shortcode (Slack)	`:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:`
HTML Dec	`😝`
HTML Hex	`😝`
CSS	`\01F61D`
C, C++ & Python	`\U0001f61d`
Java, JavaScript & JSON	`\uD83D\uDE1D`
Perl	`\x{1F61D}`
PHP & Ruby	`\u{1F61D}`
Punycode	`xn--338h`
URL Escape Code	`%F0%9F%98%9D`

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