Head shaking horizontally Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face shown in profile, moving from side to side in a clear gesture of refusal or disagreement. The motion is depicted with subtle blur effects to indicate the horizontal swinging of the head.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to signal 'no', decline an offer, or show disbelief. It acts as the direct physical counterpart to the nodding face 🙂↕, serving as a quick way to communicate negative feedback or rejection without typing out a sentence. It is frequently used in casual text threads to reject a bad idea or express a firm 'nope'.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2023 as part of Emoji 15.1, this character addressed a long-standing gap in digital communication by allowing users to convey head gestures that were previously limited to static icons or repetitive GIFs.
Details
Glyph
🙂↔
Unicode
U+1F642 U+200D U+2194
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f642_200d_2194:
HTML Entity
��‍↔
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-neutral-skeptical
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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