U+1F617 "😗" Kissing Face Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
😗
U+1F617 "😗" Kissing Face is a yellow cartoon face with its lips puckered into a small, circular shape, typically used to represent a gentle or affectionate kiss without the overt romantic or passionate connotation of a face with a heart or a blowing kiss. It is often employed in digital communication to convey a friendly, playful, or mildly romantic gesture, such as a peck on the cheek or a simple expression of love or thanks. Unlike the more elaborate kissing emoji with a heart, this character’s neutral eyes and minimal detail make it versatile for contexts ranging from casual platonic friendship to subtle flirtation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F617 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Kissing Face |
| 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 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDE17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F617 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\ude17 |