Winking Face With Tongue emoji meaning

What does 😜 mean in messages?

Unicode calls this emoji “winking face with tongue.” It adds a reaction or feeling linked to winking face with tongue. Read it with the words around it.

Use 😜 for emotional tone, reactions, and conversational nuance. Unicode calls it “winking face with tongue.” That name is a safe, neutral label when the social meaning is not clear.

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Example messages with 😜

Unicode construction and code points

This copyable emoji is a single-code-point emoji. It uses 1 core Unicode code point: U+1F61C face with stuck-out tongue and winking eye.

Version and platform support

The winking face with tongue emoji was introduced in Emoji 0.6 and is classified in the face tongue subgroup. This emoji has broad support on modern platforms, but its artwork can still differ substantially between vendors.

Names, keywords, and classification

The standardized name is “winking face with tongue.” Search terms indexed for this entry include face, tongue, winking, with. It belongs to Smileys & Emotion and the face tongue subgroup. These labels help identify and find the character; they do not prove a sender’s intended tone.

Accessibility and clear wording

For alt text, start with “winking face with tongue.” Use clearer words when the emoji is only decoration, a metaphor, or slang.

Do not use this emoji as the only carrier of an emergency, deadline, consent decision, medical instruction, or other high-stakes message. The character is standardized, but Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and social platforms supply different artwork.