Emoji Dictionary

😄 Smiling Face With Open Mouth and Smiling Eyes emoji

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July 6, 2018

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What does 😄 Smiling Face With Open Mouth and Smiling Eyes emoji mean?

🎶 Because I’m happy! 🎶 The smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes emoji shows a smiley with a big toothy grin and joyful eyes. It expresses a genuine, often laughter-filled joy and general warm, positive feelings like gratitude and excitement.

Related words:

• 😁 grinning face with smiling eyes emoji
• 😍 smiling face with heart eyes emoji
• ☺ white smiling face emoji

Where does 😄 Smiling Face With Open Mouth and Smiling Eyes emoji come from?

The smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes emoji was approved in 2010 under Unicode 6.0 along with other expressive smiley faces, including the ever-popular face with tears of joy 😂 and winking face with tongue 😜 emoji.

Across platforms, this emoji features a yellow smiley with a big, open smile and closed, crescent-shaped eyes. Besides Apple and Twitter, most platforms depict a tongue, like Google and Samsung.

Keep in mind that, from a distance, it’s easy to confuse the smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes emoji with other smileys sharing the same grin or eye shape, such as grinning face with big eyes 😃 and smiling face with smiling eyes 😊.

What can we say? We like our emoji to come in all shades of happy.

Examples of 😄 Smiling Face With Open Mouth and Smiling Eyes emoji

Who uses 😄 Smiling Face With Open Mouth and Smiling Eyes emoji?

The smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes emoji is very widely to express joy and contentment …

I get to start 2017 with this guy 😄🎉 pic.twitter.com/oFFz51yf1K

— Daisy Clark (@daisyannclark) December 29, 2016

… and appreciation and gratitude.

@WatchGirlsPlay @kenz_bellatrix @LivHollaway just got the best present ever in the mail thank you so much.can’t wait to hang out and win some https://t.co/2SKXdKYBoH😄❤❤❤❤❤❤😘 pic.twitter.com/CJiIUGlC7u

— Gabriel Razo (@Gabriel_Razo88) December 29, 2017

Thank you so much @skinhub for this wonderful present 😄😄 best way to end this year! Good luck to everyone and hope you all achieve your dream next year 😁 pic.twitter.com/LAWSZTNQSR

— Hoang Hiep (@Newbiedienloan) December 29, 2017

Thanks to its animated grin, the smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes emoji also conveys excitement, delight, and all-around amusement.

Beyond excited for New Year’s Eve!!😄🎉

— Matt Frank (@mfrank150) December 29, 2016

Many use the emoji to show laughter or mark sarcasm, as it does look like it’s having a pretty good time and maybe even a belly laugh.

This kills me everytime😂😭😄🏂 @A_nice_rice @mphillips_23 @cha_boy_tknott pic.twitter.com/ppLjmDmeMu

— 🛩 jetters (@KhalilWinfrey) December 29, 2016