Woman facepalming: light skin tone Emoji
People
A woman with a light skin tone resting her hand against her forehead. Her eyes are closed in a gesture of intense frustration, weariness, or disbelief.
Usage Context
Used to react to someone saying something foolish, a bad decision, or a moment of pure annoyance. It serves as a visual shorthand for 'I can't believe this,' often paired with 😩 to emphasize a sense of hopelessness or exhaustion.
History
Part of the Unicode 9.0 update in 2016, this emoji was added to address the growing demand for complex gestural expressions in digital messaging. It was created by combining the base facepalm emoji with gender and skin tone modifiers to allow for more specific personal representation.
Details
Glyph
🤦🏻♀
Unicode
U+1F926 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f926_1f3fb_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
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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