smiling face with open hands Emoji
🤗 · U+1F917 · Emoji 1.0
What does the smiling face with open hands emoji mean?
Unlike its literal depiction of a smiling face with open arms, the 🤗 emoji is often used figuratively to express joy, excitement, and affection, rather than a literal hug. Its slang use is closely tied to conveying enthusiasm and friendliness in digital communication. In addition to its positive connotations, 🤗 can be used to express relief or satisfaction.
smiling face with open hands emoji examples
- just got tickets to my favorite concert 🤗
- so proud of you for finishing your project 🤗
How to copy the smiling face with open hands emoji
To use the smiling face with open hands emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F917), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
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smiling face with open hands emoji on different platforms
How the smiling face with open hands emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.
smiling face with open hands Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🤗 |
| Name | smiling face with open hands |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Codepoints | U+1F917 |
| Shortcode | :hugs: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 1.0 (2015) |
smiling face with open hands Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F917, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :hugs:.
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