Laughing Emoji 😂: Copy, Meanings and Which Laugh to Send

The Laugh-o-Meter: Laughing Emoji Meaning, Small to Huge

1. 🤭 Face with hand over mouth (added in Emoji 5.0): a giggle, "oops", or trying not to laugh in class.
2. 😅 Grinning face with sweat: a nervous laugh. "Haha, forgot your birthday 😅". Shows embarrassment more than fun.
3. 😆 Grinning squinting face: a real, eyes-shut laugh. Good for a decent joke.
4. 😂 Face with tears of joy: laughing until tears come. The classic LOL emoji, one of the original emojis.
5. 🤣 Rolling on the floor laughing (Emoji 3.0): the ROFL emoji. Bigger than 😂, for something really hilarious.
6. 💀 Skull: "I'm dead" from laughing. The extreme level, used mostly by younger people.

Two more faces in the grid are not laughs exactly, but they live in the same funny space:

• 🤡 Clown face: calling yourself or someone silly. "Studied the wrong chapter 🤡".
• 🤪 Zany face: crazy, goofy, in a fun mood.

Why 💀 and 😭 Replaced 😂 for Some People

For years 😂 was widely reported as the most used emoji in the world. Then many younger users started to see it as something parents send. They switched to:

• 💀 skull: "I died laughing"
• 😭 loudly crying: "I can't stop laughing"

So a college friend replying "💀💀" to your meme is a compliment, not a threat. But a grandparent may be confused by a skull, so stick to 😂 or 🤣 in family chats. Read more on skull emoji and crying emoji.

Which Laughing Face Emoji to Use in Groups

One thing to avoid: replying 😂 to someone who shared bad news by mistake. Read the message twice before you laugh.

LOL Emoji and Haha Emoji Combos

Short, original combos for chats and comments:

• Basic LOL: 😂😂
• Can't breathe: 🤣🤣🤣
• Dead from this meme: 💀💀
• Laughing at myself: me again 🤡😅
• Haha react to a reel: 😆👌
• Comedy show night: 🎭🎤😂
• Silly mood: 🤪🎉
• Too funny, too cute: 😹🐱

When people search for a comedy emoji, they often want 🎭 (performing arts) for theatre and stand-up, or 🤡 for silly comedy. The laughing cat emoji 😹, cat with tears of joy, is a softer, cuter version of 😂. More mixes are on emoji combos.

Laughing Emoji Text: Laughing Without Emojis

Before emojis, people laughed in letters, and many still do:

• haha and hehe: light laughter (hehe is often cheeky)
• lol: laughing out loud, mild in practice
• lmao: a bigger laugh, casual slang
• rofl: rolling on the floor laughing
• 😀 and XD: text faces with a wide grin

XD is the closest text match to 😆. Find more faces made from letters on text emoticons and smiley symbols.

In Hindi chats, laughing is often typed as "hahaha" or "hehehe", and 😂 is known as the hasi emoji (हँसी, hasi) or hasne wala emoji. 🤣 is लोटपोट होकर हँसना (lotpot hokar hasna), a perfect match for "rolling on the floor".

Apple Laughing Emoji vs Android: Why It Looks Different

Many people search for the Apple laughing emoji because the iPhone version of 😂 has big blue tears and a wide open mouth. On Samsung, Google and Windows the same 😂 has a slightly different face, tear shape and colour. They are all the same Unicode character. When you copy 😂 from this page and send it, your friend sees their own phone's design, not yours.

This also explains a common surprise: a funny laughing emoji that looked perfect on your phone can look less dramatic on someone else's. If the exact look matters, for example on a poster or a meme, download a PNG image instead of pasting the character.

How to Type and Copy a Laughing Emoji

Laughing emoji copy and paste is the fastest way: tap the emoji in the grid and paste. To type it yourself:

• Android: open the emoji tab with the smiley key and search "laugh" or "joy".
• iPhone: smiley or globe key, then search "laugh".
• Windows: Windows+. and type laugh.
• Mac: Control+Command+Space.
• Word: 1F602 then Alt+X for 😂, or 1F923 then Alt+X for 🤣.

The laughing emoji Unicode code for 😂 is U+1F602, and its HTML code is shown in the table above. Emojis have no Alt codes. Need a picture for a laughing emoji meme or sticker? Use the Download PNG button for a transparent image. The design differs by phone brand, but the copied character is the same. See every category on the emoji hub.