Person frowning Emoji

People

A person with a neutral to downward-curving mouth, often depicted with a hand resting near their chin or cheek. The expression signals clear dissatisfaction, disappointment, or a lack of enthusiasm.

Usage Context

Used to communicate unhappiness, disapproval, or a bad mood without going as far as full-blown weeping. It is frequently sent as a reaction to disappointing news or frustrating situations, acting as a more subdued alternative to ☹️ or 😞.

History

Part of the initial wave of standardized emojis adopted by Unicode 6.0 in 2010. Its design is rooted in the early mobile carrier sets used in Japan, where specific character sprites were needed to convey facial expressions that text-based emoticons like ':(' couldn't fully capture.

Details

Glyph

🙍

Unicode

U+1F64D

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f64d:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE4D;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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