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
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-smiling
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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