Clown face Emoji

Smileys

A classic circus clown face featuring white face paint, a red nose, exaggerated red lips, and colorful hair. The expression is a wide, unsettling grin that hides the underlying performative nature of the character.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to call out someone for acting foolishly, making a mistake, or saying something ridiculous. It has become a hallmark of internet slang, often used to label someone as a 'clown' when they lose an argument or post an embarrassing take. It is often paired with 🤡 variants or 🎪 to emphasize the circus atmosphere of a chaotic online thread.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2016, the clown face saw a massive spike in popularity as internet culture shifted toward using ironic characters to belittle or mock others. It was quickly adopted by social media users as the definitive way to dismiss a person's intelligence in a digital debate.

Details

Glyph

🤡

Unicode

U+1F921

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f921:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD21;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-costume

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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