Head shaking vertically Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face showing a gentle smile while the head is tilted in a downward-and-upward motion. This animation clearly captures the physical act of nodding.

Usage Context

Used to express agreement, affirmation, or acknowledgment without typing a full sentence. It effectively conveys a positive response in messaging threads, often serving as a friendly alternative to a simple 'yes' or a thumbs up 👍.

History

Part of the Emoji 15.1 update released in 2023, this design was introduced to address the long-standing limitation of static faces failing to convey non-verbal body language like nodding, which is essential for natural digital conversation.

Details

Glyph

🙂‍↕

Unicode

U+1F642 U+200D U+2195

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f642_200d_2195:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE42;‍↕

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-neutral-skeptical

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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