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The winking face is the internet’s universal “I’m joking… unless?” signal—playful, flirty, and just mischievous enough to make you reread the last message twice. It’s perfect for light teasing, softening sarcasm, or attaching a secret double meaning to a spicy take. In meme culture it can lean ironic or even ominously cheeky, channeling that Monty Python “nudge nudge, wink wink” energy, and it carries serious throwback cred from the classic ASCII emoticon ;) days. Use it to flirt, to hint, or to pop a safety net under a risky joke—though overuse can give big “boomer text” vibes in the group chat.

Definition

A happy winking face. This emoji is the friend of all, the perfect confidant, sharer of inside jokes and overall encouraging soul. Beware, however, of its potential to be flirtatious or even sexual.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. 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.
2. 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)	24 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	:wink:
Keywords	Wink, Winking, Friendly, Joke

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Emoticons
Unicode Range	1F600–1F64F
Unicode Subcategory	Faces

Editorial Comment

Happy smiling face winking at you. iEmoji old name: WINK!!!

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Faces and Smiley's
Unicode Subcategory	Faces
Names & Annotations	WINKING FACE
Symbol Information	U+1F609 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-347

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#Exp.30 'Wink' ウィンク 「uinku」 U+E729 SJIS-F9CE JIS-7875
KDDI	#348 ウインク 「uinku」 U+E5C3 SJIS-F7F3 JIS-7875
Softbank	#5 #old352 表情(ウィンク) 「表情(uinku)」 U+E405 SJIS-FB45

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	
Decimal HTML Entity	
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	
Hex Code Point(s)	e405
Formal Unicode Notation	U+E405
Decimal Code Point(s)	58373
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xEE 0x90 0x85
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	EE 90 85
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	356 220 205
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE405
UTF-16 Hex	e405
UTF-16 Dec	58373
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000E405
UTF-32 Hex	E405
UTF-32 Dec	58373
Python Src	u"\uE405"
PHP Src	"\xee\x90\x85"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uE405"

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	😉
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	😉
Decimal HTML Entity	😉
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	😉
Hex Code Point(s)	1f609
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F609
Decimal Code Point(s)	128521
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0x89
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 98 89
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 230 211
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDE09
UTF-16 Hex	d83dde09
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56841
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F609
UTF-32 Hex	01F609
UTF-32 Dec	128521
Python Src	u"\U0001F609"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x98\x89"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDE09"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)