Face exhaling Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face shown blowing out a visible puff of air from its mouth. The eyes are usually closed, and the facial expression appears exhausted, stressed, or focused on a physical effort.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to represent feeling winded after a workout, letting out a deep sigh after a stressful event, or capturing the feeling of relief when a difficult task is finished. It is also used to signify smoking or vaping, or to mimic the physical act of blowing out birthday candles, often paired with 🎂.

History

The face exhaling was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.1. It was developed to fill the gap for a specific facial expression representing heavy breathing or exhaustion that previous emojis like 😮 or 😩 couldn't quite capture.

Details

Glyph

😮‍💨

Unicode

U+1F62E U+200D U+1F4A8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f62e_200d_1f4a8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE2E;‍&#xD83D;&#xDCA8;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-neutral-skeptical

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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