U+1F602 "😂" Face with Tears of Joy Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

😂

U+1F602 "😂" Face with Tears of Joy is a pictographic representation of a smiling face with large, upward curving eyes and streams of tears flowing from them, symbolizing an overwhelming and uncontrollable fit of laughter. First introduced into the Unicode Standard in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0, it quickly became one of the most popular and frequently used emojis across social media, messaging apps, and digital communication worldwide. Its design is based on the classic "laughing so hard that I’m crying" expression, effectively conveying amusement, joy, or a humorous reaction to a situation. The emoji is often used to indicate that something is hilariously funny, serving as a digital shorthand for extreme laughter. Its widespread adoption has made it a cultural icon of internet communication, frequently appearing in polls of the most used emojis and even earning recognition from organizations like Oxford Dictionaries as the 2015 Word of the Year, highlighting its profound impact on mod

General Properties

Code Point U+1F602
Version Added 6.0
Name Face with Tears of Joy
Block Emoticons
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 😂
HTML Hex Encoding 😂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83D 0xDE02
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F602
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83d\ude02

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other
Emoji Yes
Emoji Presentation Yes
Extended Pictographic Yes