smiling face with tear
About this emoji
The smiling face with tear emoji is part of the Smileys & Emotion category (face-affection) since Unicode 13.0. It is associated with: face, glad, grateful, happy.
The smiling face with tear emoji belongs to the Smileys & Emotion category, specifically the face-affection subgroup. It was introduced in Unicode 13.0 and is supported across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.
People commonly use the 🥲 smiling face with tear emoji for expressing feelings, reactions, and emotions in messages and social media posts. It is often associated with face, glad, grateful, happy.
Quick facts
| Emoji | 🥲 |
| Name | smiling face with tear |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Subgroup | face-affection |
| Unicode version | 13.0 |
| Codepoint(s) | U+1F972 |
| Shortcode alias | :smiling_face_with_tear: |
How to use
Copy and paste: Click the “Copy to clipboard” button above and paste the emoji anywhere — messages, social media posts, emails, or documents.
Shortcode: On platforms that support emoji shortcodes (Slack, GitHub, Discord), type :smiling_face_with_tear: and the emoji will auto-complete.
Mobile keyboard: Open your device's emoji keyboard (🌐 or 😊 key) and search for “smiling face with tear” to find it quickly.
Windows: Press Win + . to open the emoji picker, then search by name.
macOS: Press ⌃ Control + ⌘ Cmd + Space to open the Character Viewer.