A yellow face with a broad, open smile and scrunched, X-shaped eyes. Often conveys excitement or hearty laughter.
Similar to ๐ Grinning Face but with eyes that might say Squee! or Awesome! An emoji form of the >< or xD emoticons.
Grinning Squinting Face was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name โSmiling Face with Open Mouth and Tightly-Closed Eyesโ and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
๐ Grinning Face with Squinting Eyes