Frowning face emoji ☹️
Emoji 0.7 (2014) · U+2639 U+FE0F
What ☹️ means
The keywords Unicode lists for ☹️ are face, frown, frowning, sad. They show what people use it for.
Search for face or frown on your emoji keyboard and ☹️ is among the results.
You will find ☹️ among the worried and sad faces (27 emoji), part of smileys & emotion with 172 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 😮 😯 😲 😳.
Will ☹️ show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: ☹️ is part of Emoji 0.7 from 2014, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type ☹️
Search for frowning face in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ☹️.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type frowning face.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type frowning face in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type frowning face.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, ☹️ is 2 code points (U+2639 U+FE0F), 6 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+2639 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ☹️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ☹️ | |
| CSS | content: "\2639 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u2639\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%98%B9%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 B9 EF B8 8F |
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 |
| Português | rosto descontente |
| Español | cara con el ceño fruncido |
| Italiano | faccina imbronciata |
| Français | visage mécontent |
| Deutsch | düsteres Gesicht |
| Türkçe | asık surat |
| Bahasa Indonesia | wajah cemberut |
| Polski | zachmurzona twarz |
| Русский | грустит |
| 日本語 | 困った顔 |
| 한국어 | 찡그린 얼굴 |
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All smileys & emotion emoji →Questions people ask
What does the frowning face emoji mean?
Unicode calls ☹️ "frowning face" and links it with face, frown, frowning, sad. 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 emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.7 from 2014, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the frowning face emoji?
Search for frowning face in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ☹️.