What does 🤬 mean?
A face with symbols over the mouth: swearing, rage, censored cursing.
Its official Unicode name is SERIOUS FACE WITH SYMBOLS COVERING MOUTH and its CLDR short name is "face with symbols on mouth" (in Hungarian: "arc jelekkel a száján"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- censor
- cursing
- cussing
- face
- mad
- mouth
- pissed
- swearing
- symbols
In Hungarian: bosszús, cenzúra, csúnyán beszél, dühös, elátkoz, gyalázkodik, káromkodás, káromkodik, mérges, szimbólumok a szájon arc
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+1F92C. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- SERIOUS FACE WITH SYMBOLS COVERING MOUTH
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- arc jelekkel a száján
- English name (CLDR)
- face with symbols on mouth
- Emoji version
- Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face negative
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :cursing_face:
Related emojis
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤬 emoji mean?
A face with symbols over the mouth: swearing, rage, censored cursing.
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 "censor".
When was the 🤬 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 5.0 (2017).
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.