Grinning Face With Big Eyes

1F603 · U+1F603 · 😃

What it means

The Grinning Face With Big Eyes Emoji 😃 presents a sunny yellow face with an extremely broad open grin and wide, almost startled-looking eyes, giving the impression of amplified delight.

Perfect for broadcasting high-octane happiness, excitement, or a playful sense of awe, it’s regularly dropped into conversations to amp up messages with exuberant energy or when something fantastic just happened.

The key detail that sets it apart from its beaming siblings is the notably larger eyes, which lend added enthusiasm to its otherwise standard smiling features (as if the emoji just spotted free cake at a meeting).

To find it quickly, try keywords like "big eyes," "grin," "awesome," "yay," or "open mouth" in your emoji keyboard search bar.

Keywords

Search terms recorded for this emoji in Unicode CLDR.

awesome big eyes face grin grinning happy mouth open smile smiling teeth yay

Details

Hexa	1F603
Codepoints	U+1F603
HTML (hex)	😃
HTML (decimal)	😃
CLDR short name	grinning face with big eyes
Emoji version	Emoji 0.6 · 2010 →
Qualification	fully-qualified
Category	Smileys & Emotion
Subcategory	face-smiling

Timeline

Emoji 0.6 · 2010Grinning Face With Big Eyes entered the standard as U+1F603, establishing the codepoint still used today.
TodayRendered across major platforms. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung each draw it in their own style while preserving the same underlying character.