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Emoji 🤦 (FACE PALM): meaning and Unicode code

Meaning of the emoji 🤦 (FACE PALM), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

🤦
FACE PALM

Information about emoji FACE PALM

Unicode Name
FACE PALM
Unicode Codepoint
U+1F926
Subcategory
person-gesture
Slug
face_palm

Meaning and description of emoticon 🤦

The 🤦 emoji depicts a person covering their face with their palm in a gesture of disappointment. Located in the 'People & Body' section of Unicode.

🤦 conveys a gesture, a bodily reaction, and a readable emotion in motion. 🤦 works best when you need to show a gesture, pose, bodily reaction, or emotionally charged human action. In chat it reads as "the gesture matters here," "a bodily reaction is being read," or "conveying human behavior without a long description." Pairing 🤦 with 👀 💬 ⚡ makes it read more naturally. A typical phrase: "What matters here is the gesture itself and how it shifts the meaning 🤦" — 🤦 shifts the topic in a single symbol. Beneath the surface, gesture emojis often signify not a literal action but the tone, level of engagement, and the person's attitude toward the situation.

Usage Examples 🤦

Usage Examples 🤦
FormatCode
Shortcode (Slack):face_palm:
Shortcode (Discord):face_palm:
Shortcode (GitHub):face_palm:
HTML Dec🤦
HTML Hex🤦
CSScontent: "\1F926";
C, C++, Python\U0001F926
Java, JavaScript & JSON\uD83E\uDD26
Perl\x{1F926}
PHP & Ruby\u{1F926}
Punycodexn--fq9h
URL Escape Code%F0%9F%A4%A6
Bytes (UTF-8)F0 9F A4 A6
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

🤦 usually conveys a gesture, a bodily reaction, and a readable emotion in motion.

👀, 💬, ⚡ often appear alongside 🤦 — they help convey the right tone faster.

In a similar context, you can swap 🤦 for 🙋, 🤷, or 🙆. They carry a close vibe with a slightly different emphasis.

For example: "What matters here is the gesture itself and how it shifts the meaning 🤦" or "The symbol instantly signals a bodily reaction without extra words 🤦".

🤦 fits when you need to show a gesture, pose, bodily reaction, or emotionally charged human action.

In messages, 🤦 usually means "the gesture matters here," "a bodily reaction is being read," or "conveying human behavior without a long description."

The deeper meaning of 🤦 depends on context: gesture emojis often signify not a literal action but the tone, level of engagement, and the person's attitude toward the situation.

🤦 is called face_palm; in Unicode it is U+1F926. It belongs to the "Gestures, People & Body" category.

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