winking face with tongue 😜 Meaning, Copy & Platform Appearance
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What does 😜 winking face with tongue Mean?
😜 is the "I'm kidding" face: a wink plus a stuck-out tongue, used to defuse a line that could otherwise land as rude — "you're the worst 😜". It also works for lighthearted mischief, like admitting you ate the last slice. The wink is what separates it from 😝; here one eye is still open, so it's teasing you, not reacting to something.
- 💡General Use: winking face with tongue
- 📱Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, X
Cultural Meaning & Social Media Tips
One of the original Japanese carrier faces carried into Unicode 6.0, it was everywhere in 2012-2016 text messaging and BBM-era chat, which is precisely why it now reads as millennial. Gen Z largely replaced the "just joking" function with 💀, 😭 or a plain lowercase "lol", so a 😜 from a younger person is often itself the joke. It stays useful with parents and coworkers, where the intent needs to be unmistakable rather than cool.
How 😜 Looks on Different Platforms
Emoji designs vary slightly between systems. Here is how the winking face with tongue emoji is rendered on major platforms like Apple, Google, and WhatsApp.
*Images come from open-licensed emoji sets (Twemoji CC BY 4.0, Noto Apache 2.0, OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0). Apple and WhatsApp sets are proprietary and cannot be hosted; the "Your Device" card shows your own OS emoji font — on iPhone/Mac that is the Apple design. Click any card to copy the emoji.
When to Use winking face with tongue?
Social Media
Just posted a new photo! 😜
Messaging
Hey, check this out 😜
Reaction
Wow, that's amazing! 😜
Status
Feeling 😜 today
How to Type winking face with tongue on Keyboard?
Windows 10/11 Shortcut
- Windows Key
- . (period)
- Type "winking face with tongue"
- Select 😜
Mac (Macbook) Shortcut
- Control + Command + Space
- Search "winking face with tongue"
- Select 😜
winking face with tongue HTML & CSS Codes
| Property | Value / Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Name | winking face with tongue | |
| Unicode Code | U+1F61C | |
| HTML Entity | 😜 | |
| HTML Hex | 😜 | |
| CSS Content | \01F61C | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F61C} | |
| Shortcode (Discord, Slack, GitHub) | :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: | |
| Emoji Version | Emoji 0.6 | |
| Year Added | 2010 | |
| Skin Tone Support | No |
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Graphics come from open-licensed sets: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0, Twitter/X), Noto Color Emoji (Apache 2.0, Google) and OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0). Free to use with attribution.
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