Shaking face Emoji

Smileys

A yellow circular face with wide, expressive eyes and a thin, open mouth, surrounded by faint motion lines that give it a vibrating or blurred appearance.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to choice for conveying intense shock, disbelief, or the literal feeling of being shaken by unexpected news. It’s frequently used to represent an adrenaline rush, a physical tremor from excitement, or the feeling of being overwhelmed. It pairs naturally with 🤯 when your mind is blown or 😨 when you are genuinely rattled.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2022, the shaking face was designed to fill a gap in digital communication for physical reactions to sudden events. It draws inspiration from long-standing internet shorthand and reaction GIFs that rely on motion blur to convey high-intensity emotional states.

Details

Glyph

🫨

Unicode

U+1FAE8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fae8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEE8;

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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