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A yellow face with a slight&nbsp;smile or open mouth&nbsp;shown winking, usually its left eye. May signal&nbsp;a joke, flirtation, hidden meaning, or general positivity. Tone varies, including playful, affectionate, suggestive, or ironic.

Not to be confused with the more mischievous or&nbsp;sexual&nbsp;<a href="/smirking-face/">😏 Smirking Face</a>.&nbsp;An emoji form of the ;) emoticon.

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Winking Face

A yellow face with a big&nbsp;grin, uplifted eyebrows, and smiling eyes, each shedding a tear from laughing so hard. Widely used to show something is funny or pleasing.&nbsp;

Named the Oxford Dictionaries 2015 <a href="https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2015/">Word of the Year</a>, and the most used emoji on all platforms <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-becomes-top-tier-emoji/">from 2011-2021</a>. Briefly <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-becomes-top-tier-emoji/">overtaken</a> as the top emoji on <a href="/twitter/">Twitter</a> in 2021 by&nbsp;<a href="/loudly-crying-face/">😭 Loudly Crying Face</a>, though as of January 2022 it has <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/tears-of-joy-just-about-returns-as-twitters-top-emoji/">reclaimed its top position on the platform</a>.

See also:&nbsp;<a href="/rolling-on-the-floor-laughing/">🤣&nbsp;Rolling on the Floor Laughing</a>&nbsp;which expresses more intense laughter;&nbsp;or cat&nbsp;variant:&nbsp;<a href="/cat-with-tears-of-joy/">😹&nbsp;Cat Face With Tears of Joy</a>.

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Face with Tears of Joy

A yellow face sticking out its <a href="/tongue/">tongue</a> and making a zany wink, usually shown with its right eye closed and left wide open. Often conveys a sense of fun, excitement, wackiness, buffoonery, or joking.

Generally goofier than <a href="/face-with-tongue/">😛&nbsp;Face With Tongue</a> and <a href="/squinting-face-with-tongue/">😝&nbsp;Squinting Face With Tongue</a> but less &quot;crazy&quot; than <a href="/zany-face/">🤪&nbsp;Zany Face</a>.

Face with Stuck-Out Tongue and Winking Eye

A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows looking upwards with thumb and index finger resting on its chin. Intended to show a person pondering or deep in thought.&nbsp;Often used to question or scorn something or someone,&nbsp;as if saying Hmm, I don&#39;t know about that. Tone varies, including earnest, playful, puzzled, skeptical, and mocking.

May be paired with <a href="/thought-balloon/">💭 Thought Balloon</a> or <a href="/light-bulb/">💡 Light Bulb</a> to represent&nbsp;thinking, (having) ideas, and learning.

Joins <a href="/hugging-face/">🤗&nbsp;Hugging Face</a>, <a href="/shushing-face/">🤫&nbsp;Shushing Face</a>, and <a href="/face-with-hand-over-mouth/">🤭&nbsp;Face With Hand Over Mouth</a> as one of the few smileys featuring a hand.

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Thinking Face

A yellow face with a sly, smug, mischievous, or suggestive facial expression. It features a half-smile, raised eyebrows, and eyes looking to the side. Often used to convey flirtation or sexual innuendo.

Not to be confused with <a href="/unamused-face/">😒 Unamused Face</a>, which has similar eyes but a pouting mouth.&nbsp;This emoji has a cat variant, <a href="/cat-with-wry-smile/">😼 Cat Face With Wry Smile</a>.

On&nbsp;<a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>, this emoji next to a contact denotes&nbsp;that this person snaps you frequently&nbsp;but you do not often snap them in return.

Smirking Face

A yellow face with smiling eyes, closed smile, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(religious_iconography)">halo</a>, usually blue, overhead. Often represents angels, <a href="/folded-hands/">prayers</a>, and blessings. May also convey angelic behavior, e.g., doing good deeds. See also <a href="/baby-angel/">👼&nbsp;Baby Angel</a>.

Several platforms, including Apple, feature&nbsp;an&nbsp;expression similar to their <a href="/smiling-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😊&nbsp;Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes.</a>

Smiling Face with Halo

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

Animated versions of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs, used by Google Messenger.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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An animated subset of the licensable JoyPixels emoji set.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

Telegram uses <a href="/apple/">Apple emoji images</a> instead of displaying&nbsp;platform-native emojis. These are updated to use the latest images from Apple, generally one month after public release on iOS.

Since late 2020&nbsp;Telegram has also rendered select emojis with a custom animated design when they are sent on their own within a message without any other text or emojis.&nbsp;These animations are based on the Apple emoji design set, with new emojis being given animation support every few months.

As of March 2023, over 600 emoji designs feature at least one possible Telegram animation, with emojis such as <a href="https://emojipedia.org/game-die/">🎲&nbsp;Game Die</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://emojipedia.org/basketball/">🏀&nbsp;Basketball</a>&nbsp;featuring more than one possible animation.

Additionally, as of September 2021, Telegram has a feature entitled <a href="https://www.telegram.org/blog/chat-themes-interactive-emoji-read-receipts">Interactive Emoji</a>&nbsp;incorporated into a handful of its custom animated emoji designs.&nbsp;

When a user sends one instance of a select emoji&nbsp;in&nbsp;any private chat and the custom animated emoji is displayed,&nbsp;a fullscreen effect can be activated for both the sender and receiver of the emoji if the animated emoji is tapped. The&nbsp;<a href="/fireworks/">🎆&nbsp;Fireworks</a>, <a href="/party-popper/">🎉&nbsp;Party Popper</a>, <a href="/balloon/">🎈&nbsp;Balloon</a>, <a href="/thumbs-up/">👍&nbsp;Thumbs Up</a>, <a href="/pile-of-poo/">💩&nbsp;Pile of Poo</a>, and <a href="/red-heart/">❤️&nbsp;Red Heart</a>&nbsp;emojis currently&nbsp;have Interactive Emoji support.

Telegram allows custom stickers to be uploaded, and assigned to certain emojis. Stickers can be assigned a relevant emoji, to appear as an emoji tooltip. Voice calls are also <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/30/telegrams-voice-calls-are-secured-by-emojis/">secured by emoji</a>.

Telegram emoji list, showing emojis used on Telegram on each major platform. Telegram uses Apple emoji images instead of displaying platform-native emojis. These are updated to use the latest images from Apple, generally one month after public release on iOS. Telegram also supports custom emoji animations based on the Apple emoji set.

Telegram Emoji and Stickers

The November 2023 update to Telegram&#39;s animated Telemoji emoji set introduced support for a selection of <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0">Emoji 15.0</a>&nbsp;emojis.

Telemoji (November 2023)

The March 2023 update to Telegram&#39;s animated Telemoji emoji set, introduced over 60 new animated emoji designs.

The animated Telemoji set is based on Apple&#39;s emoji designs. They are currently only available for Telegram on Android devices.

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😉 Winking Face on Telegram Telemoji (March 2023)

😉 Winking Face on Telegram Telemoji (March 2023)

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