What does 😴 mean?
A sleeping face with 'zzz': sleep, exhaustion – or boredom ('this is putting me to sleep').
Its official Unicode name is SLEEPING FACE and its CLDR short name is "sleeping face" (in Hungarian: "alvó arc"). 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).
- bed
- bedtime
- face
- good
- goodnight
- nap
- night
- sleep
- sleeping
- tired
In Hungarian: álmos, alszik, alvás, arc, fáradt, jó éjszakát, jó éjt, lefekvés, lefekvés ideje, 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+1F634. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- SLEEPING FACE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- alvó arc
- English name (CLDR)
- sleeping face
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face sleepy
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :sleeping:
Related emojis
- Relieved face
- Pensive face
- Sleepy face
- Drooling face
- Face with bags under eyes
Frequently asked questions
What does the 😴 emoji mean?
A sleeping face with 'zzz': sleep, exhaustion – or boredom ('this is putting me to sleep').
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 "bed".
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.