Grinning face is the first and one of the popular emojis in Unicode emoji list. Many people confuse it with the smiling face emoji as grin means smile. However, grinning face has a wide open mouth, with both eyes in open state and top tooth row visible. You can type this beautiful grinning face emoji with keyboard and insert on any application or document.
Grinning Face Emoji Details
In Unicode, grinning face emoji is part of smiling faces under smiley & emotion group. Here is a summary of grinning face emoji:
| Name | Grinning Face |
| Unicode Block | Emoticons > Faces |
| Unicode Group | Smiley & Emotion > Face-Smiling |
| Unicode Version | 6.1 (2012) |
| Emoji Version | 1.0 (2015) |
| Codepoint | U+1F600 |
| Windows Shortcut | Alt + 128512 |
| Word Shortcut | 1F600 Alt + X |
| Shortcode | :grinning: |
Grinning Face Emoji Display
Here is how the symbol will look like on various platforms:
Type Grinning Face in Windows
There are few ways you can insert grinning face in Windows PC:
- If you have long keyboard with separate number pad then using alt code shortcuts is the best option. You can use alt + 128512 to type grinning face emoji 😀.
- On Microsoft Word documents, type 1F600 and then press Alt + x keys.
- When you do not have long keyboard and for typing in all other applications, you can use Windows emoji keyboard. Press, “Win + Dot” keys to open emoji keyboard using which you can search and insert the symbol.
Type Grinning Face in Mac
On Mac, go to “Edit > Emoji & Symbols” menu in any application. Alternatively, press “fn + E” shortcut keys to open Character Viewer app. This app is similar to Windows emoji keyboard using which you can search and insert the symbol.
Insert Grinning Face in iPhone and Android
Both iPhone and Android smartphones come with emoji keyboard (you may need to use Gboard in Android) which will show as a smile key in the layout. Tap on it to toggle the keyboard layout and find the grinning face as a the first symbol. You can also use the search box to find and insert the emoji. After inserting, you can toggle the keyboard back to normal typing mode and continue your work.
Using Grinning Face in Web Documents
Generally, you can directly use one of the above methods to insert grinning face in HTML documents. However, the correct way is to use the decimal or hexadecimal code in escape entity. For all other applications, you can refer the below technical details table for developers.
| HTML Decimal Entity | 😀 |
| HTML Hexadecimal Entity | 😀 |
| Escape Code for URL | %F0%9F%98%80 |
| Punycode | xn--e28h |
| CSS Value | \1F600; |
| JavaScript & Java | \u1F600 |
Other Grinning Face Emoji Symbols
Out of more than 1300 emoji symbols, there are few more grinning emoji with modifications. You can use the below shortcut details to insert them in Windows based apps and documents.
| Grinning Faces | Windows Shortcuts (Alt +) | Word Shortcut (Code + Alt X) |
|---|---|---|
| Grinning Face | 128512 | 1F600 |
| Grinning Face with Big Eyes | 128515 | 1F603 |
| Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes | 128516 | 1F604 |
| Grinning Squinting Face | 128518 | 1F606 |
| Grinning Face with Sweat | 128517 | 1F605 |
| Grinning Cat | 128570 | 1F63A |
| Grinning Cat with Smiling Eyes | 128568 | 1F638 |
The last two emoji symbols are part of cat faces while remaining all belong to smiling face sub-group.
Unicode Translation Data for Grinning Face Emoji
Unicode also offers a translation for emoji name and related keywords in different languages. Below is the complete list of translations for grinning face emoji, keywords are separated with | mark.
| Language | Emoji Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | وجه بابتسامة عريضة | ابتسام | ضحك | وجه بابتسامة عريضة | وجه مبتسم |
| Bengali | মুখে দেঁতো হাসি | দেঁতো হাসি | মুখ | মুখে দেঁতো হাসি |
| Bulgarian | Широко усмихнато лице | лице | ухилване | широка усмивка | Широко усмихнато лице |
| Catalan | cara molt somrient | cara | cara molt somrient | rialla | somriure | ulls |
| Chinese | 嘿嘿 | 嘿嘿 | 笑脸 | 脸 |
| Croatian | nasmijano lice | lice | nasmijano lice | smiješak | usta | zubi |
| Czech | zubící se obličej | smajlík | tvář | úšklebek | výraz | zubící se obličej |
| Danish | grinende ansigt | glad | grinende ansigt | smilende ansigt | smiley |
| Dutch | grijnzend gezicht | gezicht | grijns | grijnzend gezicht |
| Estonian | laia naeratusega nägu | irve | laia naeratusega nägu | naeratus | nägu |
| Filipino | mukhang nakangiti | malaking ngiti | mukha | mukhang nakangisi | mukhang nakangiti | nakangiti | ngiti |
| Finnish | leveä hymy | hymy | kasvot | leveä hymy | naama | virnistys |
| French | visage rieur | sourire | visage rieur |
| German | grinsendes Gesicht | Gesicht | grinsendes Gesicht | lol | lustig |
| Greek | πλατύ χαμόγελο | πλατύ χαμόγελο | πρόσωπο | σαρκασμός |
| Hebrew | חיוך רחב | חיוך | חיוך רחב | מחייך | פרצוף | שמח |
| Hindi | दाँत दिखाता चेहरा | खीस | चेहरा | दाँत दिखाता चेहरा |
| Hungarian | nevető arc | arc | nevetés | nevető arc |
| Indonesian | wajah gembira | bahagia | gembira | muka | senang | wajah |
| Italian | faccina con un gran sorriso | faccina | faccina che sogghigna | faccina con un gran sorriso | risata | sogghignare |
| Japanese | にっこり笑う | スマイル | にっこり | にっこり笑う | 笑う | 笑顔 | 顔 |
| Korean | 활짝 웃는 얼굴 | 미소 | 스마일 | 얼굴 | 웃음 | 활짝 웃는 얼굴 |
| Latvian | smiekli | seja | smaids | smiekli |
| Lithuanian | išsišiepęs veidas | išsišiepęs veidas | išsišiepti | veidas |
| Malay | muka tersengih | muka | muka tersengih | sengih |
| Marathi | दात विचकणाऱ्या हास्याचा चेहरा | चेहरा | दात विचकणाऱ्या हास्याचा चेहरा | दात विचकणे |
| Norwegian | glisefjes | fjes | glis | glisefjes |
| Polish | szeroko uśmiechnięta twarz | roześmiana buźka | szeroko uśmiechnięta twarz |
| Portuguese | rosto risonho | lol | rindo | risada | rosto | rosto risonho |
| Romanian | față încântată | față | față încântată | încântare |
| Russian | широко улыбается | лицо | радость | счастье | улыбка | широкая улыбка | широко улыбается |
| Serbian Cyrillic | лице са широким осмехом | зуби | лице | лице са широким осмехом | уста | широки осмех |
| Serbian Latin | lice sa širokim osmehom | lice | lice sa širokim osmehom | široki osmeh | usta | zubi |
| Slovak | škeriaca sa tvár | škeriaca sa tvár | tvár | úškľabok | úškrn |
| Slovenian | režeči obraz | obraz | režanje | režeči obraz |
| Spanish | cara sonriendo | cara | cara sonriendo | divertido | feliz | sonrisa |
| Swedish | ansikte med stort leende | ansikte med stort leende | leende | roligt | skratt |
| Tamil | புன்னகைக்கும் முகம் | சிரிக்கும் முகம் | சிரிப்பு | புன்னகை | புன்னகைக்கும் முகம் | முகம் |
| Telugu | పళ్లు చూపిస్తూ నవ్వుతున్న ముఖం | నవ్వు | పళ్లు | పళ్లు చూపిస్తూ నవ్వుతున్న ముఖం | ముఖం |
| Thai | หน้ายิ้มยิงฟัน | ใบหน้า | ยิ้มกว้าง | ยิ้มยิงฟัน | หน้ายิ้มยิงฟัน |
| Turkish | sırıtan yüz | gülen yüz | gülme | lol | neşeli | sırıtan yüz | yüz |
| Ukrainian | широко всміхнене обличчя | обличчя | усмішка | широко всміхнене обличчя | широко усміхнене обличчя |
| Urdu | کھل کے ہنستا چہرہ | چہرہ | کھل کے ہنستا چہرہ | کھلا | منہ | ہنسی |
| Vietnamese | mặt cười toét | mặt | mặt cười toét | toe toét |
