Winking Face

😉 is a wink. It marks a joke, a hint or a flirtatious line, telling the reader not to take the message completely literally.

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Tone

PlayfulIt reads as playful or teasing — not meant literally.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: WINKING FACE
CLDR short name: winking face
Codepoint: U+1F609
Hex: 1F609
Emoji version: 0.6
Unicode version: 6.0
First released: 2010
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.

:wink:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

face · flirt · heartbreaker · sexy · slide · tease · wink · winking · winks

How it looks

Winking Face — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Winking 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 😉 winking face emoji mean?: 😉 is a wink. It marks a joke, a hint or a flirtatious line, telling the reader not to take the message completely literally.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 😉?: U+1F609, named WINKING FACE in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 😉 winking face emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. 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 “winking 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 :wink: 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.