What does 😱 mean?
Screaming in fear with hands on cheeks, a nod to Munch's 'The Scream': shock, fright or an exaggerated 'OMG'.
Its official Unicode name is FACE SCREAMING IN FEAR and its CLDR short name is "face screaming in fear" (in Hungarian: "félelemtől sikoltó arc"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- epic
- face
- fear
- fearful
- munch
- scared
- scream
- screamer
- screaming
- shocked
In Hungarian: arc, félelem, ijedt, ijesztő, munch, Munch, rémület, sikolt, sikoly, 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+1F631. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- FACE SCREAMING IN FEAR
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- félelemtől sikoltó arc
- English name (CLDR)
- face screaming in fear
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face concerned
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :scream:
Related emojis
Frequently asked questions
What does the 😱 emoji mean?
Screaming in fear with hands on cheeks, a nod to Munch's 'The Scream': shock, fright or an exaggerated 'OMG'.
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 "epic".
When was the 😱 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), 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.