☺️ Smiling Face

The ☺️ Smiling Face emoji belongs to the affectionate faces, filed by Unicode under Smileys & Emotion. Typical contexts are face, happy, outlined and relaxed. The keyword list continues with smile and smiling.

☺️ fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Smileys. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.6). Its code point is U+263A.

• ☺️ on its own already flags the topic: face.
• Fits messages about face, happy, outlined and relaxed.
• Often seen near 😚 Kissing Face with Closed Eyes, 😘 Face Blowing a Kiss and 😗 Kissing Face.

• ☺️🥲 – Smiling Face and Smiling Face with Tear
• ☺️😚 – Smiling Face with Kissing Face with Closed Eyes
• ☺️😘 – Smiling Face plus Face Blowing a Kiss
• ☺️🥰 – Smiling Face and Smiling Face with Hearts
• ☺️😗 – Smiling Face with Kissing Face
• ☺️😍 – Smiling Face plus Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes
• ☺️🤩 – Smiling Face and Star-Struck
• ☺️😙 – Smiling Face with Kissing Face with Smiling Eyes

Easy to mix up with 😚 Kissing Face with Closed Eyes, 😘 Face Blowing a Kiss or 😗 Kissing Face. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.