Head shaking vertically Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face showing a gentle smile while the head is tilted in a downward-and-upward motion. This animation clearly captures the physical act of nodding.

Usage Context

Used to express agreement, affirmation, or acknowledgment without typing a full sentence. It effectively conveys a positive response in messaging threads, often serving as a friendly alternative to a simple 'yes' or a thumbs up 👍.

History

Part of the Emoji 15.1 update released in 2023, this design was introduced to address the long-standing limitation of static faces failing to convey non-verbal body language like nodding, which is essential for natural digital conversation.

Details

Glyph

🙂‍↕

Unicode

U+1F642 U+200D U+2195

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f642_200d_2195:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE42;‍↕

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-neutral-skeptical

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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