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U+1F609 · Emoji 0.6 · Smileys & Emotion
Overview
Playful and suggestive, Winking Face shows a smile with one eye closed in a wink, encoded at U+1F609 in the face-smiling subcategory of Smileys & Emotion. It was standardized in Unicode 6.0 and Emoji 0.6 in 2015. The single closed eye signals that a message is a joke, a tease, or a shared secret, softening a statement or adding light flirtation. It functions much like a spoken wink, marking irony or good humor that plain text might otherwise obscure. Its cue of just kidding makes it one of the more conversational faces in the set, and the single-codepoint character displays without a joiner or modifier.
A smiling face with one eye closed in a wink, suggesting playfulness. Used to hint at a joke, flirtation, or a shared secret.
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Encoding
| Unicode | U+1F609 |
| UTF-8 | 0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0x89 |
| UTF-16 | 0xD83D 0xDE09 |
| HTML | 😉 |
| CSS | \1F609 |
| Python | \U0001F609 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F609} |
| Java | \uD83D\uDE09 |
Unicode Properties
From emoji-data.txt & emoji-variation-sequences.txt (Unicode 0.6)
| Extended_Pictographic | Yes |
| Emoji_Presentation | Yes |
| Emoji | Yes |
| emoji-data.txt | 1F609 ; Extended_Pictographic # 0.6 ๐ winking face |
| Python regex | regex.match(r'\p{Extended_Pictographic}', '๐') |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does the ๐ winking face emoji mean?
Playful and suggestive, Winking Face shows a smile with one eye closed in a wink, encoded at U+1F609 in the face-smiling subcategory of Smileys & Emotion. It was standardized in Unicode 6.0 and Emoji 0.6 in 2015. The single closed eye signals that a message is a joke, a tease, or a shared secret, softening a statement or adding light flirtation. It functions much like a spoken wink, marking irony or good humor that plain text might otherwise obscure. Its cue of just kidding makes it one of the more conversational faces in the set, and the single-codepoint character displays without a joiner or modifier.
What is the Unicode codepoint of winking face?
The winking face emoji (๐) is 1F609, encoded in Unicode 0.6.
When was the winking face emoji released?
winking face was released in Emoji 0.6 (2015).