Biting lip Emoji

People

A mouth with the upper teeth pressing down on the bottom lip. The expression captured is ambiguous, straddling the line between a suggestive, flirtatious gesture and a physical reaction to stress or nervousness.

Usage Context

This emoji serves a double purpose in digital conversation. It is frequently used to signal attraction or intent when flirting, but it is just as often used to convey internal tension, fear, or the feeling of being ill-at-ease. It pairs well with 😏 for romantic contexts or 😬 when someone is feeling particularly awkward.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0, this character sparked significant online discussion regarding its dual-purpose nature. Its design was intended to mirror common facial expressions used in social media selfies to denote both desire and high-stakes anxiety.

Details

Glyph

🫦

Unicode

U+1FAE6

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fae6:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEE6;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory body-parts

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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