Frowning face with open mouth emoji 😦
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F626
What 😦 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Frowning face with open mouth 😦 is tagged with these keywords: caught, face, frown, frowning, guard, mouth, open, scared, scary, surprise.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing caught or face in the emoji search brings up 😦.
Frowning face with open mouth 😦 is one of 27 emoji in the worried and sad faces subgroup of smileys & emotion (172 emoji), next to 😧 😨 😰 😥.
Will 😦 show on my friend's phone?
😦 arrived with Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Practically every phone and computer in use today shows it.
How to type 😦
Any emoji picker finds 😦 when you search for caught.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type frowning face with open mouth.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type frowning face with open mouth in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type frowning face with open mouth.
Codes for developers
Frowning face with open mouth 😦 is a single code point, U+1F626. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F626 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 😦 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😦 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F626"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F626} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%98%A6 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 A6 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 😦 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | frowning face with open mouth |
| Português | rosto franzido com boca aberta |
| Español | cara con el ceño fruncido y la boca abierta |
| Italiano | faccina imbronciata con bocca aperta |
| Français | visage mécontent avec bouche ouverte |
| Deutsch | entsetztes Gesicht |
| Türkçe | hoşnutsuz yüz |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah mengerutkan kening dengan mulut terbuka |
| Polski | zachmurzona twarz z otwartymi ustami |
| Русский | в изумлении |
| 日本語 | あきれ顔 |
| 한국어 | 입 벌리고 찌푸린 얼굴 |
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All smileys & emotion emoji →Questions people ask
What does the frowning face with open mouth emoji mean?
Unicode calls 😦 "frowning face with open mouth" and links it with caught, face, frown, frowning. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the worried and sad faces subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the frowning face with open mouth emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the frowning face with open mouth emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 😦 when you search for caught.