Slightly Smiling Face

🙂 is a small, polite smile. It can be friendly, but in casual chat — especially among younger users — it often reads as forced, sarcastic or passive-aggressive.

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Tone

AmbiguousIt can read as friendly or as passive-aggressive — context decides.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Common uses

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

A polite, neutral sign-off in work chat
Signalling restrained or passive-aggressive politeness among friends

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: SLIGHTLY SMILING FACE
CLDR short name: slightly smiling face
Codepoint: U+1F642
Hex: 1F642
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: Smileys & Emotion
Unicode subgroup: face-smiling
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:slightly_smiling_face:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

face · happy · slightly · smile · smiling

How it looks

Slightly Smiling Face — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Slightly Smiling Face — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Slightly Smiling Face — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

Renders 🙂 with your system emoji font into PNG, WebP, or SVG. Pick a pixel size, then download.

Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🙂. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🙂 slightly smiling face emoji mean?: 🙂 is a small, polite smile. It can be friendly, but in casual chat — especially among younger users — it often reads as forced, sarcastic or passive-aggressive.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🙂?: U+1F642, named SLIGHTLY SMILING FACE in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🙂 slightly smiling face emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🙂 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “slightly smiling face”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🙂 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🙂?: On GitHub, type :slightly_smiling_face: and it turns into 🙂 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.