Sleepy face Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face with closed eyes, a slightly downturned mouth, and a blue bubble emerging from one nostril. The bubble acts as a visual shorthand for deep slumber or an involuntary nap.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for signaling that you are exhausted, bored, or ready to call it a night. The snot bubble specifically references a long-standing trope in Japanese manga and anime, where a character's snoring is visually depicted as a balloon that expands and contracts with each breath. It is often used alongside 😴 to emphasize how tired you feel.

History

Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the design draws heavily from classic Japanese emoticons. The specific inclusion of the nasal bubble is a direct nod to animation styles common in Asian media, which were influential in the early development of global emoji sets.

Details

Glyph

😪

Unicode

U+1F62A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f62a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE2A;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-sleepy

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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