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😄 Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes Emoji

An enthusiastic grin with happy eyes for genuine delight, laughter, gratitude, or a cheerful welcome.

QUICK FACTS
Official name
Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes
Category
Smileys & Emotion
Subcategory
Face Smiling
Unicode
U+1F604
Emoji version
0.6
Unicode version
17.0

What Does Mean?

The grinning face with smiling eyes emoji combines a broad smile with eyes that curve upward, making it feel more delighted than a basic grin. It suits joyful greetings, shared jokes, good news, and appreciative replies. The smiling eyes suggest that the happiness reaches the whole expression, so it often reads as genuine and energetic. Use it when a plain smile feels too restrained but a laughing-with-tears reaction would be too strong.

Tone
EnthusiasticDelightedWarm
Context note

Its strong cheerfulness can feel out of place beside bad news or criticism. A softer smile may suit mixed emotions better.

Quick Meaning

An enthusiastic grin with happy eyes for genuine delight, laughter, gratitude, or a cheerful welcome.

Use Cases

How People Use 😄

Common conversational contexts and messaging situations.

Joyful celebration

Celebrate milestones, pleasant surprises, or achievements with lively cheer.

Warm gratitude

Show genuine appreciation when someone helps you out or sends kind words.

Upbeat greeting

Start a message on a welcoming, positive note that feels warmer than a plain smile.

Shared humor

React to a funny story or lighthearted joke without needing a full laughing emoji.

Encouraging reply

Cheer on a friend or colleague with friendly, energetic optimism.

Real Messages

😄 Emoji Examples

Realistic message examples demonstrating natural placement for 😄.

“Seeing everyone again made my day 😄”

“Your presentation went brilliantly 😄”

“I cannot stop smiling about that surprise 😄”

“Thanks for helping out on such short notice 😄”

“We just got approved for the next phase 😄”

“Hope you have a fantastic weekend ahead 😄”

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Lookup Data

Names, Keywords and Search Terms

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Official Name

Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes

Subcategory: Face Smiling

Aliases & Common Names

  • grinning smiling eyes

Keywords & Search Terms

  • grinning
  • smiling eyes
  • delighted
  • cheerful
  • happy
  • joy
  • enthusiasm
  • welcome
Developer Reference

😄 Emoji Codes

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FormatCode ValueAction
Unicode
U+1F604
Code points
U+1F604
UTF-8 bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0x84
UTF-16
\uD83D\uDE04
HTML decimal entity
😄
HTML hexadecimal entity
😄
JavaScript escape
\u{1F604}
CSS escape
\1F604
Python string
\U0001F604
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Microsoft Fluent

MIT License
Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes emoji in Microsoft Fluent style

Google Noto

SIL Open Font License 1.1
Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes emoji in Google Noto style

Twemoji

CC BY 4.0
Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes emoji in Twemoji style

OpenMoji

CC BY-SA 4.0
Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes emoji in OpenMoji style

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An enthusiastic grin with happy eyes for genuine delight, laughter, gratitude, or a cheerful welcome.