# 😉 Winking face emoji

😉 Winking face is an emoji in the smiling faces set of Smileys & emotion. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: flirt, heartbreaker, sexy, slide, tease and wink.

- Emoji: 😉
- Unicode name: winking face
- Code points: U+1F609
- Category: Smileys & emotion, Smiling faces
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :wink:
- Keywords: face, flirt, heartbreaker, sexy, slide, tease, wink, winking, winks
- Page: https://emojichart.com/winking-face-emoji

## What it means

A smiling face with one eye closed in a wink. A wink signals playfulness, teasing, a joke or light flirting, and shows that a remark should not be taken too seriously. It also works as a knowing hint, as in 'you get what I mean'.

## How to type 😉

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “winking face”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “winking face”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “winking face”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “winking face”.
- GitHub: Type :wink: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cara guiñando el ojo | cara, cara guiñando el ojo, guiño |
| Français (fr) | visage faisant un clin d’œil | blague, clin d’œil, émoticône, flirter, plaisanter, sexy, visage, visage faisant un clin d’œil |
| Deutsch (de) | zwinkerndes Gesicht | Auge, flirten, Gesicht, sexy, Smiley, zudrücken, zugedrückt, zukneifen, zuzwinkern, Zwinkern |
| Italiano (it) | faccina che fa l’occhiolino | capirsi, faccina, faccina che fa l’occhiolino, fare l’occhiolino, flirtare, intesa, occhio, occhiolino, sexy, strizzare l’occhio |
| Português (pt) | rosto com olho piscando | flerte, piscada, rosto, rosto com olho piscando, rosto piscando |
| Nederlands (nl) | knipogend gezicht | flirten, gezicht, hartenbreker, knipogen, knipoog, knipoogt, plagerij, sexy, zwoel |
| Svenska (sv) | ansikte som blinkar med ett öga | ansikte, blinkar, flört, öga, skämt |
| Polski (pl) | twarz puszczająca oko | buźka, mrugnięcie, oczko, puszczać oko, puszczenie oka, twarz puszczająca oko, zaczepka |
| Türkçe (tr) | göz kırpan yüz | cilve, göz kırpan yüz, göz kırpma, yüz |
| Русский (ru) | подмигивает | глаз, договорились, ироничная, легкая, окей, подмигивает, улыбка, флирт, хорошо, шутка |
| Українська (uk) | обличчя, що підморгує | дражнити, жарт, залицятися, обличчя, підморгувати, флірт |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κλείσιμο ματιού | κλείνω το μάτι, κλείσιμο ματιού, νεύμα, πρόσωπο, σέξι, φλερτ |
| العربية (ar) | وجه يغمز | جذاب, غمزة, مثير, وجه, وجه يغمز |
| עברית (he) | פרצוף קורץ | פרצוף, קורץ, קריצה |
| فارسی (fa) | چشمک | چشمک, سکسی, شوخی, صورت, عشوه, لاس |
| हिन्दी (hi) | आँख मारता चेहरा | आँख मारता चेहरा, आंख मारता चेहरा, आंख मारना, चेहरा |
| বাংলা (bn) | চোখ মারা | চোখ, চোখ টিপা, চোখ টিপে হাসি, চোখ মারা, মুখ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wajah berkedip | berkedip mata, kedip, mengedipi, muka, wajah, wajah berkedip |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | mặt nháy mắt | mặt, mặt nháy mắt, nháy mắt |
| ไทย (th) | ขยิบตา | ขยิบตา, จีบ, ยิ้ม, หน้า, อิอิ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ウインク | ウィンク, ウインク, ウィンクする顔, 顔 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 윙크하는 얼굴 | 놀림, 섹시, 얼굴, 윙크, 윙크하는 얼굴, 유혹 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 眨眼 | 媚眼, 撩拨, 眨眼, 眨眼的脸, 笑, 脸 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 眨眼 | 傷心, 眨眼, 臉, 表情, 調情 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): gesig wat knipoog
- Akan (ak): anim ne ani a ɛkata ntɛm
- Albanian (sq): fytyrë që shkel syrin
- Amharic (am): የሚጣቀስ ፊት
- Anii (blo): akǝ gɩnyine kaayɛ
- Armenian (hy): աչքով անող դեմք
- Assamese (as): চিৎকাৰ কৰা মুখ
- Azerbaijani (az): göz vuran üz
- Bashkir (ba): күҙ ҡыҫыусы йөҙ
- Basque (eu): begiaz keinu egiten ari den aurpegia
- Belarusian (be): падморгвае
- Bosnian (bs): namigivanje
- Breton (br): dremm o vlinkañ
- Bulgarian (bg): Намигащо лице
- Burmese (my): မျက်စိမှိတ်ပြနေသည့် မျက်နှာ
- Canadian French (fr-CA): visage clignant d’un œil
- Cantonese (yue): 眨眼嘅臉
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 眨眼嘅脸
- Catalan (ca): cara que pica l’ullet
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᎦᏔᏁ ᎠᎦᏙᎵ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 眨眼笑嘅表情
- Chuvash (cv): куҫ хӗсет
- Croatian (hr): lice koje namiguje
- Czech (cs): mrkající obličej
- Danish (da): blinkende ansigt
- Estonian (et): silma pilgutav nägu
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cara a piscar o olho
- Faroese (fo): andlit við blunkandi eyga
- Filipino (fil): kumikindat
- Finnish (fi): silmänisku
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤴𞤫𞥅𞤧𞤮 𞤸𞤭𞤲𞤰𞤢𞤴𞤲𞤺𞤮
- Galician (gl): cara chiscando un ollo
- Georgian (ka): სახე ჩაკრული თვალით
- Gujarati (gu): આંખ મારતો ચહેરો
- Hausa (ha): fuska mai yin ƙifta
- Hungarian (hu): kacsintó arc
- Icelandic (is): blikkandi andlit
- Igbo (ig): Ihu na-atabi anya
- Interlingua (ia): visage que batte le palpebras
- Irish (ga): straoiseog ag caochadh
- Javanese (jv): rai ngedhèpi
- Kalaallisut (kl): blinkende ansigt
- Kannada (kn): ಕಣ್ಣು ಮಿಟುಕಿಸುವ ಮುಖ
- Kazakh (kk): көз қысу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كوز قىسۋ
- Khmer (km): មុខញាក់ភ្នែក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): isura yica akajisho
- Konkani (kok): दोळे मिचकावपी चेरो
- Kyrgyz (ky): көзүн кыскан бет
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Utz’apim ub’aqwach palajaj
- Lao (lo): ໜ້າຍິບຕາ
- Latvian (lv): seja ar piemiegtu aci
- Lithuanian (lt): mirksintis veidas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mykotajuce woblico
- Luxembourgish (lb): A zoudréckend
- Macedonian (mk): лице што намигнува
- Malay (ms): muka kenyit mata
- Malayalam (ml): കണ്ണിറുക്കുന്ന മുഖം
- Maltese (mt): wiċċ jehmeż
- Marathi (mr): एक डोळा मिचकावणारा चेहरा
- Mongolian (mn): ирмэж байгаа царай
- Māori (mi): kanohi kimokimo
- Nepali (ne): आँखा झिम्काइएको अनुहार
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Fes Wé Klóz Wọ́n Ai
- Northern Sotho (nso): sefahlego se ponyago letee
- Norwegian (no): blunkende ansikt
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): blunkande fjes
- Odia (or): ଆଖି ଠାର ମାରୁଥିବା ମୁହଁ
- Oromo (om): fuula ija libsatu
- Pashto (ps): سترګه وهونکی مخ
- Punjabi (pa): ਅੱਖ ਮਟਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਚਿਹਰਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اکھ مار دی شکل
- Quechua (qu): chʼirmi uya
- Romanian (ro): față care face cu ochiul
- Romansh (rm): fatscha che tschegna
- Sardinian (sc): cara chi faghet s’atzinnu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): aodann le sùil bheag
- Serbian (sr): лице које намигује
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): lice koje namiguje
- Shan (shn): ၼႃႈလိၵ်းတႃ
- Sindhi (sd): اک هڻڻ
- Sinhala (si): ඇස් ගසන මුහුණ
- Slovak (sk): žmurkajúca tvár
- Slovenian (sl): obraz s pomežikom
- Somali (so): waji il jabinaaya
- Swahili (sw): uso unaokonyeza
- Syriac (syr): ܦܐܬܐ ܪܡܝܙܬܐ
- Tajik (tg): рӯи чашмакзананда
- Tamil (ta): கண்ணடிக்கும் முகம்
- Telugu (te): కన్ను కొడుతున్న ముఖం
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝጠቅስ ገጽ
- Tongan (to): mata fakakuitaha
- Tswana (tn): sefatlhego se se tsipang leitlho
- Turkmen (tk): göz gypýan ýüz
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wobličo, kiž ći přimiknje
- Urdu (ur): آنکھ مارتا چہرہ
- Uyghur (ug): كۆز قىسىش
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘z qisish
- Welsh (cy): llygaid yn wincio
- Wolof (wo): piis benn bët
- Xhosa (xh): ubuso obuqoba iliso
- Yoruba (yo): Ojú tó ṣẹ́jù
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ojú tó shɛ́jù
- Zulu (zu): ubuso obucishe ihlo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F609` |
| HTML | `😉` |
| CSS | `\1F609` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F609}` |
| Python | `\U0001F609` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 98 89` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE09` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%98%89` |

## Questions

### What does the 😉 winking face emoji mean?

A smiling face with one eye closed in a wink. A wink signals playfulness, teasing, a joke or light flirting, and shows that a remark should not be taken too seriously. It also works as a knowing hint, as in 'you get what I mean'.

### How do I type the 😉 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “winking face”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :wink:.

### When was the 😉 emoji added?

😉 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 😉?

U+1F609. In HTML you can write 😉, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F609}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/winking-face-emoji