White smiling face

☺ is the Unicode character “WHITE SMILING FACE” (U+263A). It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and was added in Unicode 1.1. It has a flat text style and a colorful emoji style. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.

☺ codes

UnicodeCode point U+263A
HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page ☺
HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code ☺
CSSFor the CSS content property \263A
JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings \u263A
PythonEscape in Python strings \u263A
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 %E2%98%BA
UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 E2 98 BA
UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 263A
Alt codeWindows, number pad Alt + 1

How to type ☺

Copy and paste

Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.

Windows

Hold Alt and type 1 on the number pad (Num Lock on), then let go of Alt.

In Microsoft Word, type 263A and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “white smiling face”.

iPhone and Android

Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).

HTML and CSS

Unicode U+263A. Every format is on the white smiling face page.

About ☺

Unicode name
WHITE SMILING FACE
Code point
U+263A (9786)
Block
Miscellaneous Symbols
Category
Other Symbol
Unicode version
1.1
Styles
Text (☺︎) and emoji (☺️)