What does 🤡 mean?
Clown: someone (often yourself) acted foolishly – 'I'm a clown'.
Its official Unicode name is CLOWN FACE and its CLDR short name is "clown face" (in Hungarian: "bohócfej"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- clown
- face
In Hungarian: bohóc, cirkusz, fej
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+1F921. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- CLOWN FACE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- bohócfej
- English name (CLDR)
- clown face
- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face costume
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :clown_face:
Related emojis
- Pile of poo
- Ghost
- Alien
- Ogre
- Goblin
- Alien monster
- Robot
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤡 emoji mean?
Clown: someone (often yourself) acted foolishly – 'I'm a clown'.
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 "clown".
When was the 🤡 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 3.0 (2016), 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.