The beaming face with smiling eyes is the internet’s classic cheese-for-the-camera grin—pure delight with a touch of “look ma, no cavities.” It lands when you’re genuinely thrilled, proud of a tiny win, sharing cute news, or trying to soften a humblebrag. People also use it playfully or ironically, like the customer-service smile that says “everything’s fine” while the group chat is on fire. It’s a go-to for wholesome hype, polite asks (“could you... pretty please?”), and that upbeat, I-just-nailed-it energy.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a bright yellow face shown straight-on with curved, closed “smiling eyes” and a huge toothy grin—both rows of teeth visible, separated by a subtle line, with lifted corners and clean, glossy shading. No tongue, no eyebrows—just maximum wholesome wattage. It’s easy to recognize next to its anxious cousin, the grimacing face, because this one beams; the eyes curve joyfully instead of panicking. In DMs, it can read a little flirty or adorably awkward, like a nervous smile at the end of a compliment. In memes, it doubles as the “I’m fine :)” corporate poster child, or the classic yearbook-photo smile that’s two seconds from cracking up.
Definition
A smiling (grinning) face with rosy/blushing cheeks, curved eyes and closed mouth. The curved nature of the eyes make the eyes appear as if they are smiling as well - hence the name "smiling eyes."
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
13 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:grin:
Keywords
Grin, Grinning, Smiling, Smile, Smiley
Previous Names:
Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Emoticons
Unicode Range
1F600–1F64F
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Faces and Smiley's
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Names & Annotations
GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES Old name: HAPPY FACE WITH GRIN Temporary Notes: Forms a pair with e-349. loudly laughing face with bare teeth
Symbol Information
U+1F601 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-333
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#Exp.72 'He he he' ウッシッシ 「utsushitsushi」 U+E753 SJIS-F9F8 JIS-7B65
