The disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for inputting an emoticon. An embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring a facial image of a user, and locating a facial feature point of the facial image; determining facial expression information of the user based on a location of the facial feature point; selecting an emoticon matching the facial expression information from a preset emoticon library, wherein the emoticon library is used for correspondingly storing the emoticon and the facial expression information; and displaying the selected emoticon in an input interface. The embodiment increases the speed of inputting an emoticon.