Sleepy face Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face with closed eyes, a slightly downturned mouth, and a blue bubble emerging from one nostril. The bubble acts as a visual shorthand for deep slumber or an involuntary nap.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for signaling that you are exhausted, bored, or ready to call it a night. The snot bubble specifically references a long-standing trope in Japanese manga and anime, where a character's snoring is visually depicted as a balloon that expands and contracts with each breath. It is often used alongside 😴 to emphasize how tired you feel.

History

Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the design draws heavily from classic Japanese emoticons. The specific inclusion of the nasal bubble is a direct nod to animation styles common in Asian media, which were influential in the early development of global emoji sets.

Details

Glyph

😪

Unicode

U+1F62A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f62a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE2A;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-sleepy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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