😄 is called "Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes". Its official Unicode name is grinning face with smiling eyes.

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😄

😄 Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes

Warm, beaming happiness – the smiling eyes make it feel sincere.

😀 Smileys since 2010 · Unicode 6.0

💡 Meaning

😄 Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes combines an open grin with curved, smiling eyes. In face-reading terms those curved eyes are what separates a real smile from a polite one, and the emoji inherits that: it feels warmer and more sincere than 😀 or 😃.

📱 Typical Usage

Use it when you actually mean it – thanking someone properly, sharing genuine good news, or replying to a compliment. It is one of the safest emojis for professional contexts that still carries real warmth.

✍️ Usage Examples

Thank you so much 😄
That made my day 😄

📈 Trends & Pop Culture

In messages around happy, laugh, lol, mouth and open, 😄 is a common shorthand. In the wiki it sits in the Smileys category.

🔗 Popular Combinations

🍻😄 – Going for a drink after work.
😄😀 – Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes and Grinning Face
😄😁 – Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes with Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes
😄🤣 – Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes plus Rolling on the Floor Laughing
😄😆 – Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes and Grinning Squinting Face
😄😅 – Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes with Grinning Face with Sweat

⚠️ Confusion Risk

Easy to mix up with 😀 Grinning Face, 😁 Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes or 🤣 Rolling on the Floor Laughing. They look alike but do not mean the same thing – when in doubt, check the name.