Sneezing face Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face with closed, crinkled eyes, wearing a white tissue held up to its nose. The expression conveys the physical discomfort of a sneeze or a heavy cold.
Usage Context
Used to signal that someone is feeling under the weather, suffering from seasonal allergies, or currently experiencing a sneezing fit. It is frequently sent as a polite heads-up to friends before a hang-out or to explain a sudden absence, often paired with the 🤒 or 🤧 emojis to emphasize general illness.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, this icon was developed to address the lack of specific indicators for respiratory illness, filling a gap in digital communication for relaying health status without needing to type out a full explanation.
Details
Glyph
🤧
Unicode
U+1F927
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f927:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-unwell
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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