What does 🤓 mean?
Nerd face: geeking out, studying, being a know-it-all, often self-ironic.
Its official Unicode name is NERD FACE and its CLDR short name is "nerd face" (in Hungarian: "kockaarc"). 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).
- brainy
- clever
- expert
- face
- geek
- gifted
- glasses
- intelligent
- nerd
- smart
In Hungarian: arc, gépmániás, kocka
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+1F913. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- NERD FACE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- kockaarc
- English name (CLDR)
- nerd face
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face glasses
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :nerd_face:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤓 emoji mean?
Nerd face: geeking out, studying, being a know-it-all, often self-ironic.
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 "brainy".
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.