Persevering face Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face with an arched, furrowed brow, closed eyes, and a mouth pulled into a grimace that reveals upper teeth. It captures the look of someone straining through a difficult task or wincing at a bad situation.
Usage Context
This face is the go-to for expressing frustration, holding back tears, or dealing with a situation that is physically or emotionally draining. It is frequently used when someone is having a bad day or trying to keep it together while feeling overwhelmed, often appearing alongside 😫 or 😤 to signal stress.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial emoji wave that standardized faces across different mobile platforms, it draws inspiration from early Japanese cellular text-based emoticons that used punctuation to convey a pained, scrunched-up expression.
Details
Glyph
😣
Unicode
U+1F623
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f623:
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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