What does ๐ mean?
Person getting a massage: relaxation, spa, pampering.
Its official Unicode name is FACE MASSAGE and its CLDR short name is "person getting massage" (in Hungarian: "arcmasszรกzs"). It belongs to the People & Body 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).
- face
- getting
- headache
- massage
- person
- relax
- relaxing
- salon
- soothe
- spa
In Hungarian: arc, fejfรกjรกs, feszรผltsรฉg, kozmetika, masszรกzs, masszรญroz, relaxรกciรณ, relaxรกl, szalon, szรฉpsรฉgszalon
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ๐ 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+1F486. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- FACE MASSAGE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- arcmasszรกzs
- English name (CLDR)
- person getting massage
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- People & Body ยท person activity
- Length
- 1 code point ยท 4 bytes in UTF-8 ยท 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :massage:
Related emojis
- Person walking
- Person running
- Woman dancing
- Man dancing
- Man getting massage
- Woman getting massage
- Person getting haircut
- Man getting haircut
Frequently asked questions
What does the ๐ emoji mean?
Person getting a massage: relaxation, spa, pampering.
How do I type the ๐ 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 ๐ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Does ๐ come in skin tones?
Yes, it comes in five skin tones: your device adds a Unicode skin tone modifier (U+1F3FBโU+1F3FF) after the emoji. You can copy all five variants above.
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.