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π€ Smiling face with open hands
Smileys & Emotion
Keywords
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What Smiling face with open hands means and when to use it
A hug, but also the "I am just saying this supportively" face
- Comforting someone after bad news without being heavy about it
- Delivering an opinion you know they will not like, wrapped in warmth
Watch out The hands make it read as either an embrace or a shrug. If you are correcting someone, π€ can come across as patronising.
How to use it Click the copy button above to grab π€, then paste it into iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack, Instagram, X or any text field. Emoji are standard Unicode characters, so they work everywhere β iOS, Android and Windows each draw them in their own style.
Display support This emoji was added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). It renders on iOS 9.1 and later, and on Android 6.0 and later β older systems show a box or a black-and-white glyph.
Design comparison
Your phone shows its built-in artwork. Below is how open-source emoji sets draw the same character (images are bundled with the site, no external requests):
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