😆️ Grinning squinting face emoji

What is 😆️ called?

😆️ is called the Grinning squinting face emoji.

What does 😆️ mean?

The grinning squinting face emoji conveys hearty laughter, high-energy excitement, or a reaction that is almost too funny to contain. The tightly squeezed eyes make it more intense than an ordinary grin.

It is closely associated with the text expression XD. Use 😂 Face with tears of joy when laughter produces tears or 🤣 Rolling on the floor laughing for an even more exaggerated reaction; 😄 Grinning face with smiling eyes is calmer.

It works naturally after a joke, playful mistake, ridiculous story, or burst of gleeful excitement.

Other meanings

The squeezed expression can represent awkward laughter, playful cringe, or disbelief as well as pure amusement. It may also accompany teasing when the writer wants to show the comment is not serious.

Example Usage

I walked into the wrong meeting room 😆

That ending was ridiculous 😆

More details

Its Unicode code point is U+1F606, and it has been available as an emoji since Emoji 1.0. Its official name describes a grin with squinting eyes; unlike the joy and rolling-laughter faces, it has no tears.

Related emoji

Excited emojis

• 😃️ Grinning face with big eyes
• 😄️ Grinning face with smiling eyes
• 🤩️ Star-struck

Grinning emojis

• 😀️ Grinning face
• 😅️ Grinning face with sweat

Happy emojis

• 😁️ Beaming face with smiling eyes
• 🙂️ Slightly smiling face
• 😉️ Winking face
• 😊️ Smiling face with smiling eyes

Squinting emojis

• 🤣️ Rolling on the floor laughing
• 😝️ Squinting face with tongue

Visual description

A round yellow face has tightly closed, inward-pointing eyes and a wide open smiling mouth. Most designs show white upper teeth above the dark interior of the mouth.

The compressed eyes make the face appear to be laughing or squeezing with excitement. Platforms vary between angled, X-like, and strongly curved eye shapes.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.