Does the "face with tears of joy" emoji have an ASCII version or a Windows alt code?

Question

Many emojis started as ASCII emoticons such as

:-)
:-(
:'(
:O
:P
;-(

etc.

In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries' "Word of the Year" was the emoji , known as the "face with tears of joy". Does this symbol have an ASCII version, in other words a string of ASCII characters that means the same as the emoji? Is there a Windows alt code for it?

Answer 1

The code for "face with tears of joy" emoji is ALT+128514. I tried it in Outlook and Word; they show the correct emoji. You can also use the 1F602+ALT+X

According to Appendix:Emoticons, its ASCII code is :'-)

ALT Codes for Emoticons, Cat Faces & Gesture Symbols