smiling face
Unicode: 263A FE0F
Description
A yellow circular face with a gentle smile and open eyes, often depicted with blushing cheeks and a light purple halo or aura above its head, signifying innocence, kindness, or angelic qualities.
Group:
Smileys & Emotion > face-affection
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents a feeling of peace, purity, innocence, kindness, or being angelic. It can also signify being blessed, cherished, or heavenly.
Backstory
The Halo emoji (😇) was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. It visually represents the halo icon associated with angels, symbolizing purity, goodness, or celestial blessing. Its inclusion reflects the growing need for emojis to convey a wide range of human emotions and abstract concepts like virtue.
Usage Examples
- Expressing innocence: 'Who, me? I'm an angel! 😇'
- Suggesting a good deed: 'Helped my neighbor today 😇'
- Being playfully mischievous with an innocent facade: 'I ate all the cookies... 😇'
- Describing someone kind: 'She's such a sweet person 😇'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often used to express innocence, sweetness, or a good, pure deed. Can also be used to ironically imply exaggerated goodness or being 'too good'.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often associated with concepts of purity, being blessed, or simply a charming, agreeable disposition. Less likely to be used ironically than in some Western contexts.