Smileys & Emotion is the group people reach for first: faces that carry tone. A short line such as “sounds fine” can read as agreement or as sarcasm depending on which face follows it, and that is exactly what this group is for. EmojiAll lists all 132 symbols here with their Unicode names, keywords, meanings and sentiment scores.

What you will find in this group

The group covers the full range of facial expression: smiling faces, sleepy faces, unwell faces, affectionate faces, angry faces and the cat faces that mirror them. Each entry has its own page with the Unicode name, the code point, the HTML entities and a plain-language description.

Every face is scored for positivity on a scale from 0 to 100. Scores between 0 and 40 are Negative, 41 to 69 are Neutral and 70 to 100 are Positive. Human faces and the matching cat faces are aligned, so an angry cat scores in the same band as an angry face.

How these emoji are used

A face emoji usually does the work of intonation. It tells the reader whether a sentence is a joke, a complaint or a genuine thank-you, and it does that faster than any clarification you could write.

They also work as complete answers. A single face is an acceptable reply to good news, to an apology or to a photo, and in group chats that is often the fastest way to react without adding noise.

Choosing the right face

Start from the emotion you actually want to send, not from how the symbol looks. Faces that look similar can carry different weight: one reads as polite amusement, another as open laughter, and using the stronger one in a formal message can feel abrupt.

When the message matters, add a few words next to the face. Text fixes the reading, and the face then supports the tone instead of carrying it alone.

Cross-platform notes

The same code point is drawn by each operating system in its own style, so a face can look noticeably happier or flatter on another device. The meaning stays the same, but the strength of the expression may not.

Older systems may not know newer faces at all and will show an empty box instead. If a message has to be readable everywhere, keep the important part in words.

Copying emoji from this page

Every one of the 132 symbols in Smileys & Emotion supports emoji copy and paste. Nothing is rendered as an image, so what you copy keeps the same code point on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS and the web.

Copying from a desktop browser works the same way: select the symbol, or press the copy button, then paste into whichever app has focus.

Frequently Asked Questions

QHow many emoji are in Smileys & Emotion?: There are 132 symbols in this group on EmojiAll, split across smiling, affectionate, sleepy, unwell, sad, surprised, angry and cat-face subgroups.
QWhat does the positivity score mean?: It is a 0 to 100 reading of how positive the symbol usually feels in use: 0 to 40 is Negative, 41 to 69 is Neutral and 70 to 100 is Positive. It describes the emoji, not the person sending it.
QWhy do cat faces have their own scores?: Because the cat faces are used for the same emotions as the human faces. Each cat face is scored next to its human counterpart so the two families stay consistent.
QCan I use these emoji in formal messages?: Yes, but choose the milder ones and keep them at the end of a sentence. Faces with strong emotion or sarcasm are better kept for casual conversation.