Nerd face Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face wearing thick, black-rimmed glasses and buck teeth, showing a slight grin. It captures the stereotypical look of a bookworm or someone deeply immersed in their hobbies.
Usage Context
Widely used to signal that someone is acting smart, sharing a fact, or correcting a mistake. It is often deployed ironically to mock over-eager behavior or unironically when expressing genuine excitement about a niche topic. People frequently pair it with the books emoji or the laptop emoji to emphasize a studious vibe.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2015, the nerd face was designed to fill a gap in digital expression for users wanting to identify as 'geeks' or 'nerds.' Its design draws heavily from the classic 'nerd' caricature popularized in mid-20th-century pop culture.
Details
Glyph
🤓
Unicode
U+1F913
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f913:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-glasses
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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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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