Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Tightly-Closed Eyes 😆

😆 (U+1F606) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.

What it is and where it’s used: Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Tightly-Closed Eyes is part of the Symbols family (block: Emoticons). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.

History & usage: The character depicts SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND TIGHTLY-CLOSED EYES. Use it to show intense happiness, excitement, or playful amusement in messages or interfaces. In conversations, it can signal laughter at a joke or enthusiastic approval of a plan. In UI text, it can convey friendly energy when welcoming users or celebrating a success, such as completing a task or reaching a milestone. Across platforms and apps, appearances may vary in color and style, so the same meaning can look different. When used in interfaces, ensure the surrounding text clarifies the emotion to avoid ambiguity. For accessibility, provide descriptive text or context so screen readers convey the intended mood. Keep usage concise and relevant to the tone you want to set, and match color and style to your product’s design.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F606 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.

Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.

Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.

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