Slightly Smiling Face
About this character
The character 🙂 carries the official Unicode name “Slightly Smiling Face” and the code point U+1F642, which is 128578 in decimal. It belongs to the Emoticons block (U+1F600–U+1F64F), which gathers the expressive faces, from smiling to crying, that form the core of the emoji vocabulary.
In memory, 🙂 takes 4 bytes in UTF-8 (0xF0 0x9F 0x99 0x82) and 2 in UTF-16 (0xD83D 0xDE42). That difference is why badly configured forms or databases garble this character: they assume one byte per character.
How to type 🙂
| System | What to do |
|---|---|
| Windows | In Word or WordPad, type 1F642 and press Alt + X to turn the code into the character. |
| macOS | On a Mac, open the Character Viewer with Ctrl + ⌘ + Space and search for “Slightly Smiling Face”. |
| Linux | On Linux (GTK), type Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 1F642 then press Enter. |
| HTML / Web | In an HTML page, write 🙂. Use \1F642 in CSS, \u{1F642} in JavaScript and \U0001F642 in Python. |
| On this site | The simplest route is the Copy button above: the character goes straight to your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere. |
Keyboards that include 🙂
This character is not on any common physical layout, so the Copy button above is the quickest way to get it into a document.
Codes and encodings
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F642 |
| Unicode block | Emoticons (U+1F600–U+1F64F) |
| Decimal | 128578 |
| Hexadecimal | 0x1F642 |
| Octal | 0373102 |
| Binary | 11111011001000010 |
| UTF-8 bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x99 0x82 |
| UTF-16 units | 0xD83D 0xDE42 |
| Named HTML entity | None |
| Decimal HTML entity | 🙂 |
| Hex HTML entity | 🙂 |
| CSS escape | \1F642 |
| JavaScript escape | \u{1F642} |
| Python escape | \U0001F642 |
| URL encoding | %F0%9F%99%82 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the Unicode code for 🙂?
Its code point is U+1F642, which is 128578 in decimal and 0373102 in octal. In HTML you can write it as 🙂 or 🙂.
Why does 🙂 show up as a box or a question mark?
An empty box means the font has no glyph for U+1F642. The character is still in the text: switching to a font that covers the block (Noto, DejaVu or Segoe UI Symbol) makes it appear.
Can I use 🙂 in a filename, a URL or a password?
In a URL it must be encoded as %F0%9F%99%82. Modern filesystems accept it, though it is still risky when moving files between systems. For passwords, some forms reject non-ASCII characters outright.