What does 😧 mean?
Anguished face: distress, shock, 'oh no'.
Its official Unicode name is ANGUISHED FACE and its CLDR short name is "anguished face" (in Hungarian: "elkínzott arc"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- anguished
- face
- forgot
- scared
- scary
- stressed
- surprise
- unhappy
- what
- wow
In Hungarian: arc, elgyötört, elkínzott, fél, ijedt, rémült, riadt, szmájli
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 😧 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F627. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- ANGUISHED FACE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- elkínzott arc
- English name (CLDR)
- anguished face
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face concerned
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :anguished:
Related emojis
Frequently asked questions
What does the 😧 emoji mean?
Anguished face: distress, shock, 'oh no'.
How do I type the 😧 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "anguished".
When was the 😧 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 1.0 (2015), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.