| Character | ☺ |
| Name | White Smiling Face |
| Unicode Code Point | U+263A |
| Decimal Value | 9786 |
| Hex Value | 0x263A |
| Category | Misc Symbols |
| Windows Alt Code | Alt+1 |
| Word Alt+X Code | 263A + Alt+X |
| Mac Shortcut | Not available — use copy/paste |
| HTML Entity | ☺ |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | ☺ / ☺ |
| CSS Content Code | content: "\263A"; |
| JavaScript Unicode Escape | "\u{263A}" |
White Smiling Face is a miscellaneous symbol drawn from weather, astrology, gaming, warning signage, or similar everyday categories, used to add a quick visual cue in text without switching to a full emoji.
Unicode block: Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF). This eclectic block covers weather, astrology, chess, religious, and warning symbols — a mix that predates the modern Emoji blocks and still renders as plain (non-color) glyphs on most systems.
At Unicode code point U+263A (decimal 9786), White Smiling Face is the 59th of 256 characters cataloged in this category on How To Type Any Symbol. In terms of typing methods, it has a documented Windows Alt code, though no dedicated single-key Mac shortcut — Mac users generally rely on copy-paste for it. Regardless of platform, clicking the copy button above places the exact character on your clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts Unicode text.
💡 Good to know: Warning and hazard symbols from this block carry real-world safety conventions in some contexts — use the standardized version rather than a similar-looking substitute in safety documentation.
Hold Alt and type 1 on the numeric keypad.
No dedicated shortcut — click the copy button above and paste with Cmd+V.
Click the symbol above to copy it, then paste anywhere — works on every device and OS.
Use the entity ☺ in your HTML.