What does ๐ Face with Tears of Joy mean?
Laughing so hard that tears stream from both eyes, this is one of the most widely used emojis of all time, and Oxford Dictionaries even named it its 2015 Word of the Year. It means something is genuinely funny, from a meme to an embarrassing story. Some younger users now see it as a little dated and lean on ๐ or ๐ญ for big laughs, but it remains universal shorthand for โIโm laughingโ.
๐ Face with Tears of Joy is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category (smiling faces), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about crying, feels, funny, haha, happy and hehe.
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๐ Face with Tears of Joy on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Face with Tears of Joy looks on each platform.
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Face with Tears of Joy emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Face with Tears of Joy emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :joy:.
When was the Face with Tears of Joy emoji added?
๐ Face with Tears of Joy was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Face with Tears of Joy. The underlying code (U+1F602) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.