Person facepalming: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A person with a medium skin tone holding their hand to their forehead in a gesture of frustration, embarrassment, or disbelief. The facial expression typically shows closed eyes and a downcast mouth, signaling a moment of complete exasperation.
Usage Context
Used to express deep annoyance or the feeling that a situation is so absurd it defies explanation. It is the go-to reaction for bad jokes, illogical arguments, or realizing you made a silly mistake. People often pair it with 🤦♂️ or 🤦♀️ to specify gender, or use it alongside 🙄 when they are completely fed up with someone.
History
The facepalm gesture has been a staple of non-verbal communication for decades, but it didn't join the digital keyboard until Unicode 9.0 in 2016. It was added alongside a wave of other expressive human gestures to give users a way to react to the chaos of social media conversations without typing out a long sentence.
Details
Glyph
🤦🏽
Unicode
U+1F926 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f926_1f3fd:
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. © 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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