:-)

Classic Emoticons

Smile

The original sideways smile, and arguably where all of this started.

What does :-) mean?

Colon, hyphen, parenthesis. The first widely adopted emoticon, still legible decades later, and still read by tilting your head.

At a glance

Name	Smile
Text	:-)
Type	Classic Emoticons
Common use	friendly
Orientation	sideways
Characters	3

In use

“sounds good :-)”
“thanks for the help :-)”

Related expressions

;-)WinkA smile with one eye closed — lightness, or a shared joke.:-(FrownThe sideways frown — the smile's counterpart.:-PTongue OutA sideways face with its tongue out.