Face with thermometer Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face showing a concerned expression with a glass medical thermometer tucked under its tongue. The thermometer signifies a high body temperature or a general state of poor health.

Usage Context

Used to tell friends or coworkers that you are feeling under the weather or staying home from work or school. It is the go-to way to signal you have a cold, flu, or fever without having to type out a long explanation. People often pair it with 🤧 when dealing with sniffles or 🛌 to show they are headed to bed for recovery.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2015 as part of the massive expansion of facial expressions. It was designed to help users communicate medical status and physical well-being in an era where mobile messaging became a primary tool for reporting in to work or notifying family of sudden illness.

Details

Glyph

🤒

Unicode

U+1F912

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f912:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD12;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-unwell

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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