U+1F602 · emoji since 2010
Officially called face with tears of joy, this is the one you send when something is so funny you're laughing until you cry. For years it has been one of the most used emoji on the planet.
It's the go-to reaction to a good joke, a clumsy fail, or a meme that got you. Some younger users have drifted to 💀 for the same feeling, but 😂 is still the universal shorthand for that is hilarious.
In texting, 😂 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 😂 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Laughing emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the laughing emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 😂 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
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