😗 Kissing Face

Q: What's the difference between 😗 and 😚?

Eyes. 😚 closes them, which reads as a sincere, cozy kiss; 😗 keeps them open, which reads as lighter, more casual, or even cheeky.

What 😗 means

A low-key peck, lighter than the kisses that carry a heart. Four yellow faces kiss in the emoji set, and the details sort them by warmth. blows a kiss with a heart and is openly affectionate. and close their eyes, which reads as cozy and sincere. 😗 keeps its eyes open and sends no heart, so it is the kiss you give a friend at the door, not the one you give a partner. Send it to sign off a chat, to thank someone, or as a soft mwah that asks for nothing back.

The pucker is so plain that it does two other jobs. Next to it is a whistle, and people use it to whistle innocently after a mistake or a cheeky remark. On its own, especially among younger users, it is also the duck-face pout: lips pressed forward, eyebrows metaphorically raised, a face that says "anyway" or "okay then" with a dash of sass. Which of the three you mean is usually clear from the words around it.

What does it mean when someone sends you 😗?

Usually friendly warmth, and only flirting if the rest of the chat is. A bare 😗 at the end of a message is affection without pressure, the kind family members and close friends exchange. From someone you are already flirting with it can carry more, but it is the gentlest kiss they could have picked, so don't read a declaration into it. Paired with or dropped after a dig at you, it is not a kiss at all: it is a flippant "bye" or a playful "I said what I said".

Casual and a little flat: friendlier than plain text, cooler than , and often more cheeky than romantic.

Don't read 😗 as flirting on its own; it is the least romantic kiss face.

Drift: Younger users increasingly send 😗 as a sassy duck-face pout or an innocent whistle rather than a kiss; older relatives still mean a plain peck. (as of 2026)

Part of the collection

😘

Kiss Emoji

What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings

A light, friendly peck with no escalation implied.

Don't confuse it with

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😘

Face Blowing A Kiss

A heart flies from the lips, so the kiss is openly affectionate or flirty; 😗 shows no heart.

😙

Kissing Face With Smiling Eyes

Eyes closed in a smile, warmer and sweeter than 😗's open-eyed look.

😚

Kissing Face With Closed Eyes

Eyes closed, blushing on many phones, same pucker: a cozier, more intimate peck than 😗.

😯

Hushed Face

A small round open mouth with raised brows: hushed surprise, not puckered lips. At small sizes the two mouths look alike.

Related characters

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:-* The typed kiss emoticon, with the asterisk as puckered lips; 😗 is the plain pictured version of that pucker.

Combination ideas

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A breezy kiss goodbye, nothing romantic.

Whistling innocently past your own mess.

A quick, casual kiss.

Sassy sign-off: "okay bye", "I said what I said".

Worth knowing

and arrived in Unicode first; 😗 and were added two years later to round out the kissing set, which is why the four look like one family.
Some older phone designs drew a small heart beside 😗's lips, which blurred the line with ; current designs keep it heart-free.

Questions people ask

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Why does 😗 look like it's whistling?

The shape fits both. A round pucker with open eyes and no heart looks just as much like a whistle as a kiss; add to make the whistle unmistakable.

Is 😗 flirty?

Not usually by itself. It is a casual mwah for friends and family; is the one that carries the heart. From someone you are already flirting with, read the rest of the chat.