Hole Emoji

Smileys

A dark, circular void depicting a deep opening in the ground. The gradient shading gives it a sense of bottomless depth, making it look like a physical gap or a portal in a flat surface.

Usage Context

Frequently used to express feelings of being overwhelmed, emptiness, or a desire to disappear into the ground. It is also a go-to choice for visual metaphors involving 'falling into a trap' or becoming obsessed with a niche topic, often paired with the rabbit emoji to reference the classic 'down the rabbit hole' trope.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this emoji was introduced alongside a variety of other objects to help users express abstract concepts or states of mind that didn't fit into the standard smiley face categories.

Details

Glyph

🕳

Unicode

U+1F573

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f573:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD73;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory emotion

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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