Loudly crying face Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face with closed eyes, a frowning mouth, and large, thick streams of tears flowing down from the eyes like waterfalls. It depicts a state of extreme emotional distress, uncontrollable sobbing, or overwhelming grief.
Usage Context
Despite its sad appearance, this emoji is frequently used to express intense positive emotions, such as laughing uncontrollably at a joke or being moved to tears by something touching. It is often paired with 😂 to emphasize the feeling of 'dying' from laughter, or used alone to react to disappointing news. It serves as a more dramatic alternative to the simpler 😢.
History
Part of the initial wave of standardized emojis adopted into Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this design grew out of early Japanese 'kaomoji' culture, where text-based emoticons like (T_T) were used to convey deep sadness. Its transition to a graphical icon helped it become one of the most widely used reaction emojis across global social media platforms.
Details
Glyph
😭
Unicode
U+1F62D
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f62d:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-concerned
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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