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Winking face

  • winking
  • mischievous
  • hint
  • winking face
  • face
U+1F609

The winking face emoji — Unicode name “winking face” — belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group on EmojiAll. You will most often meet it in messages about winking, mischievous and hint. Its positivity score is 78 out of 100, which places it in the Positive range.

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1. Winking face emoji attributes

Symbol
😉
Name
Winking face
English name
winking face
Unicode code point
U+1F609
HTML entity
😉
Decimal
😉
Category
Smileys & Emotion›Smiling Faces
Keywords
winking, mischievous, hint, winking face, face
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Size
Background
512 × 512 PNG · transparent background

2. Winking face emoji meaning

The winking face emoji sits in the Smiling Faces subgroup — one of 28 symbols grouped there under Smileys & Emotion. It is used to refer to winking, mischievous and hint, and the picture itself makes the intention easy to read. Sent on its own it works as a quick reaction; placed inside a sentence it softens the tone.

In everyday chat, the winking face (😉) usually appears alongside words about winking, mischievous and hint. A few words of text make the intent clearer than the symbol on its own.

3. Winking face emoji sentiment

Positive
78 / 100

Scored 78 out of 100, this emoji sits in the Positive range. It is often used to soften a request without weakening it.

A higher score means a more positive feeling; scores near 50 are neutral.

4. Winking face emoji examples

  • 1How I feel about the weekend 😉
  • 2Just heard the funniest joke 😉
  • 3Congrats on the new job 😉

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