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slightly smiling face emoji (Twemoji design)

🙂 Slightly smiling face emoji

Meaning

Officially a mild smile, but widely read as passive-aggressive or forced politeness, especially with a short reply like “ok 🙂”.

Its official Unicode name is slightly smiling face, filed under smiling in the smileys & emotion group. Keyboards find it when you search for “face”, “happy”, “slightly”, “smile”, “smiling”.

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What does the slightly smiling face emoji mean?

Officially a mild smile, but widely read as passive-aggressive or forced politeness, especially with a short reply like “ok 🙂”.

How do I copy and paste the slightly smiling face emoji?

Tap the Copy button on this page and paste 🙂 anywhere. On a keyboard, search your emoji panel for “face”.

When was the slightly smiling face emoji added?

It arrived in Emoji 1. Support depends on your phone’s software version.