Laughing Crying Emoji - Meaning, Usage & Unicode Details #3514574 (License: Personal Use)

This emoji depicts a bright yellow face with tightly shut, curved eyes, a broad open-mouthed grin showing upper teeth, and two large blue teardrops streaming from each eye. It symbolizes intense amusement, often used to convey laughter so strong it brings tears-or to soften a joke or ironic statement. Introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010) and popularized by Apple’s iOS 5, it became Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year in 2015.

Commonly used in social media, messaging apps, and digital communication to express humor, relief, or lighthearted embarrassment. Matches user intent for sharing funny content, reacting to memes, or signaling playful agreement.