What does 🤔 mean?
Thinking face: pondering, doubt, 'hmm, are you sure?'.
Its official Unicode name is THINKING FACE and its CLDR short name is "thinking face" (in Hungarian: "gondolkodó 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).
- chin
- consider
- face
- hmm
- ponder
- pondering
- thinking
- wondering
In Hungarian: arc, elgondolkodó, gondolkozik, megfontol, szmájli, tűnődő
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+1F914. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- THINKING FACE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- gondolkodó arc
- English name (CLDR)
- thinking face
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face hand
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :thinking:
Related emojis
- Smiling face with open hands
- Face with hand over mouth
- Shushing face
- Face with open eyes and hand over mouth
- Face with peeking eye
- Saluting face
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤔 emoji mean?
Thinking face: pondering, doubt, 'hmm, are you sure?'.
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 "chin".
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.