smiley

Summary

smiley has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• smiley is credited with the discovery of Harvey Ball^[2].
• smiley's depicts is recorded as face^[3].
• smiley's depicts is recorded as smile^[4].
• smiley is a type of emoticon^[5].
• smiley is a type of illustration^[6].
• smiley's Commons category is recorded as Smilies^[7].
• smiley's Unicode character is recorded as ☺^[8].
• smiley's Unicode character is recorded as ☻^[9].
• smiley's Unicode character is recorded as 🙂^[10].
• smiley's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Smilies^[11].
• smiley's Commons gallery is recorded as Smiley^[12].
• smiley's topic has template is recorded as Template:Smiley^[13].
• smiley's different from is recorded as :)^[14].
• smiley's different from is recorded as :3^[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include emoticon^[5] and illustration^[6].

Influence

Things named for smiley include Smiley Award^[16], an award^[17], founded in 2006^[18].

Why It Matters

smiley has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] smiley is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]

Entities named for smiley include Smiley Award^[16], an award^[17], founded in 2006^[18].