What does ☹️ mean?
A frowning face: disappointment or bad news. Stronger than 🙁.
Its official Unicode name is WHITE FROWNING FACE and its CLDR short name is "frowning face" (in Hungarian: "rosszalló arc"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- face
- frown
- frowning
- sad
In Hungarian: arc, rosszallás, szmájli, szomorú
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+2639 U+FE0F. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
The trailing U+FE0F (emoji variation selector) asks the system to draw a colour emoji instead of a black-and-white text symbol. It is included when you copy it from here.
Technical details
- Official name
- WHITE FROWNING FACE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- rosszalló arc
- English name (CLDR)
- frowning face
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face concerned
- Length
- 2 code points · 6 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :frowning_face:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the ☹️ emoji mean?
A frowning face: disappointment or bad news. Stronger than 🙁.
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 "face".
When was the ☹️ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.7 (2014), 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.