Person facepalming: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A person with medium-dark skin pressing their palm against their forehead, fingers splayed over their eyes. This gesture captures a moment of intense frustration, embarrassment, or disbelief.
Usage Context
Used to react to foolish comments, bad news, or a ridiculous situation that makes you want to hide your face. It is the go-to response for 'I can't believe this is happening' or when someone says something particularly dim-witted. It is frequently paired with the š© or š emojis to emphasize a sense of profound annoyance.
History
The facepalm gesture has been a universal sign of exasperation long before the internet, but it became a staple of early 2000s meme culture. The emoji version was officially added to Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of a set of human-specific expressions to help digital chat reflect complex physical body language.
Details
Glyph
š¤¦š¾
Unicode
U+1F926 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f926_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. Ā© 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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