😈 Smiling Face with Horns

😈 Smiling Face with Horns is one of the negative faces in Unicode's Smileys & Emotion group. In practice it comes up around demon, devil, evil and face. Unicode also files it under fairy, fairytale, fantasy and horns, which shows how widely it is read.

Worth knowing: 😈 carries a second, informal reading. In chats it often means something other than the literal picture – our overview of double meaning emojis explains which one.

😈 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 2015 (Emoji 1.0). Its code point is U+1F608.

• 😈 on its own already flags the topic: demon.
• Fits messages about demon, devil, evil and face.
• Often seen near 👿 Angry Face with Horns, 🤬 Face with Symbols on Mouth and 😠 Angry Face.

• 😈💀 – Smiling Face with Horns and Skull
• 😈☠️ – Smiling Face with Horns with Skull and Crossbones
• 😈👿 – Smiling Face with Horns plus Angry Face with Horns
• 😈😤 – Smiling Face with Horns and Face with Steam from Nose
• 😈😡 – Smiling Face with Horns with Enraged Face
• 😈🤬 – Smiling Face with Horns plus Face with Symbols on Mouth
• 😈😠 – Smiling Face with Horns and Angry Face

Easy to mix up with 👿 Angry Face with Horns, 🤬 Face with Symbols on Mouth or 😠 Angry Face. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.