The kissing face is the gentle “mwah” of the emoji world—affectionate without going full rom-com. It’s the go-to for a friendly peck to your bestie, a soft goodnight, or a “thanks, you’re the best” with extra warmth. Because there’s no heart attached, it often reads as platonic, polite, or low-key flirty rather than fireworks-level romance. People also drop it to soften a spicy take or apology—like bubble wrap for your text tone.
On the internet, it moonlights as the “whistling innocently” face thanks to that tiny O-shaped mouth, perfect after sending a risky message and pretending you saw nothing. It gets used ironically too—ending a subtle roast with a sweet “mwah” for comedic contrast. It sometimes stands in for “chef’s kiss” (even though the hand gesture is another vibe), and it has faint 2010s duckface energy for anyone who remembers the selfie era.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot a bright yellow, front-facing face with simple round black eyes and a small, puckered O-mouth centered just so—no heart, no wink, just clean, glossy shading and calm eyes. The expression feels cute, restrained, and unmistakably kissy without being dramatic, making it ideal when you want affection but not the whole sparkly romcom montage.
A face with round open eyes and puckering lips. Eyes open, this is clearly not an intimate kiss. A kiss you might give your mother or grandmother.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 101 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture |  |
| Twitter.com Picture |  |
| LG Emoji Picture |  |
| Samsung Emoji Picture |  |
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| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :kissing: |
| Keywords | Kissing, Kiss, Pucker, Lips, Smooch |
| Unicode Category | Emoticons |
| Unicode Range | 1F600–1F64F |
| Unicode Subcategory | Faces |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 6 - 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) | 1f617 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F617 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128535 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0x97 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 98 97 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 230 227 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDE17 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dde17 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56855 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F617 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F617 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128535 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F617" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x98\x97" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDE17" |
