Face with thermometer Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face showing a concerned expression with a glass medical thermometer tucked under its tongue. The thermometer signifies a high body temperature or a general state of poor health.
Usage Context
Used to tell friends or coworkers that you are feeling under the weather or staying home from work or school. It is the go-to way to signal you have a cold, flu, or fever without having to type out a long explanation. People often pair it with 🤧 when dealing with sniffles or 🛌 to show they are headed to bed for recovery.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2015 as part of the massive expansion of facial expressions. It was designed to help users communicate medical status and physical well-being in an era where mobile messaging became a primary tool for reporting in to work or notifying family of sudden illness.
Details
Glyph
🤒
Unicode
U+1F912
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f912:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-unwell
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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