😉

Text style	Emoji style
😉︎	😉️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
😉 U+1F609, 😉 WINKING FACE ← 😈 [U+1F608] Emoticons 😊 → [U+1F60A]

Translingual

Description

A winking face.

Symbol

😉

1. An emoji indicating happiness or friendliness; winky.

   Synonyms: ;), ;-)

   • 2015, "Interdimensional Field Trip", season 1, episode 12a of Star vs. the Forces of Evil

     [Marco sends a cat picture to Jackie's cell phone]

     Jackie: Oh, I love it!

     Marco: She sent me an LOL! We're communicating!

     Jackie's text message: LOL!!😉👍

   • 2023 April 5, “'Virgin River' Season 5: Everything We Know”, in Marie Claire‎^[1] (in English):

     The good news: What's on Netflix confirmed in July 2023 that season 5 of Virgin River had begun filming in British Columbia. Filming formally wrapped in late November of [2022], with the official Virgin River Instagram sharing, "That’s a WRAP on Season 5! 😉"

2. A suggestive emoji lightheartedly indicating that two or more people (one of them the writer) share hidden knowledge or intent.

   Synonym: 😏

   • 2022, Patricia Dixon, Venus Was Her Name‎^[2] (in English), Open Road Media, →ISBN:

     Remember don't be nervous and imagine Joe on the loo—he's just a guy, ok? And I want to know EVERYTHING! 😉

Further reading

• “😉 Winking Face emoji”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Jeremy Burge, Keith Broni, John Kelly, Jane Solomon, editors (2013-present), “😉 Winking Face emoji”, in Emojipedia‎^[3] (overall work in English), Zedge, Inc.