Upside-down face Emoji

Smileys

A classic yellow smiling face turned completely upside down. It features the same eyes and broad grin found on a standard smile, but inverted to signal a shift in tone.

Usage Context

Widely used to convey irony, sarcasm, or the feeling of being overwhelmed while trying to maintain a brave face. It is the go-to response for awkward situations, bad news, or when life feels like it is falling apart. It pairs perfectly with 🫠 to represent a total breakdown or 🤡 when someone is playing the fool.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2015, this emoji gained massive popularity during the rise of internet humor where users often use self-deprecating wit to deal with stress. Its design roots trace back to the early days of emoticons like the ':)' flip, which users would type manually to signal they were joking or feeling out of sorts.

Details

Glyph

🙃

Unicode

U+1F643

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f643:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE43;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-smiling

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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