A yellow face with slightly raised eyebrows, a frown, and eyes looking to the side. May convey a variety of negative emotions, including irritation, displeasure, grumpiness, and skepticism, as if giving the <a href="/eyes/">side-eye</a>.

Not to be confused with <a href="/smirking-face/">😏&nbsp;Smirking Face</a>, which features similar eyes but a wry smile.

Unamused Face

A yellow face with a slight&nbsp;smile or open mouth&nbsp;shown winking, usually its left eye. May signal&nbsp;a joke, flirtation, hidden meaning, or general positivity. Tone varies, including playful, affectionate, suggestive, or ironic.

Not to be confused with the more mischievous or&nbsp;sexual&nbsp;<a href="/smirking-face/">😏 Smirking Face</a>.&nbsp;An emoji form of the ;) emoticon.

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Winking Face

A yellow face with a flat, neutral mouth and furrowed eyebrows, its left raised higher than its right. Conveys a wide variety of sentiments, including suspicion, skepticism, concern, consideration, disbelief, and disapproval.

Its expression <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/rise-of-the-colbert-emoji/">has notably been likened</a> to the signature look of comedian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> as well as actor/wrestler <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson">Dwayne &ldquo;The Rock&rdquo; Johnson</a>.

Face with One Eyebrow Raised

A yellow face with flat, closed eyes and mouth. May convey a sense of frustration or annoyance more intense than suggested by&nbsp;<a href="/neutral-face/">😐 Neutral Face</a>,&nbsp;as if taking a moment to collect itself.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.1/expressionless-face/">previously</a> displayed this emoji with its eyes open, while Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/expressionless-face/">previously</a> had eyebrows.

Expressionless Face

A yellow face with a sly, smug, mischievous, or suggestive facial expression. It features a half-smile, raised eyebrows, and eyes looking to the side. Often used to convey flirtation or sexual innuendo.

Not to be confused with <a href="/unamused-face/">😒 Unamused Face</a>, which has similar eyes but a pouting mouth.&nbsp;This emoji has a cat variant, <a href="/cat-with-wry-smile/">😼 Cat Face With Wry Smile</a>.

On&nbsp;<a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>, this emoji next to a contact denotes&nbsp;that this person snaps you frequently&nbsp;but you do not often snap them in return.

Smirking Face

A yellow face with&nbsp;a small, closed mouth, flat or frowning, rolling its large, white eyes upwards. As with the gesture of an eye-roll, commonly conveys moderate disdain, disapproval, frustration, or boredom. Tone varies, including playful, sassy, resentful, and sarcastic, as if saying Yeah, whatever.

Samsung&#39;s design&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/face-with-rolling-eyes/">previously depicted</a> a face smiling and looking to the side.

Face with Rolling Eyes

A yellow face with raised eyebrows, enlarged eyes, slight frown, and long nose,&nbsp;indicating&nbsp;it&rsquo;s telling a lie in the manner of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio">Pinocchio</a>. Like that character, Facebook&#39;s design features a wooden nose.&nbsp;

May represent lying, a liar, and other concepts of deceit and dishonesty to varying degrees of intensity. Sometimes used to convey disbelief (e.g., You must be kidding) or feeling abashed (e.g., as if&nbsp;caught in the act of lying).

Lying Face

A yellow face with soft, closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and a slight smile. Facebook&rsquo;s design features a slightly open mouth, as if&nbsp;sighing.

Conveys various pleasant feelings, including&nbsp;contentment, calm, peace, and&nbsp;relief. May also convey feelings of happiness or good-natured humor more generally.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/relieved-face/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.1/relieved-face/">Microsoft</a> previously included sweat beads. Not to be confused with <a href="/pensive-face/">😔&nbsp;Pensive Face</a>, which has similarly shaped eyes but in a sadder expression.

Relieved Face

A sickly-green face with concerned eyes and puffed, often red cheeks, as if holding back vomit. May represent physical illness or general disgust. Not to be confused with <a href="/face-vomiting/">🤮 Face Vomiting</a>.

Differs from other smileys conveying sickness, including <a href="/face-with-thermometer/">🤒 Face With Thermometer</a> (used especially for colds and flus) and <a href="/face-with-head-bandage/">🤕 Face With Head-Bandage</a> (physical injury).

Nauseated Face

A yellow face with open eyes and a skewed frown, as if scrunching its cheeks or chewing its lips. A look of&nbsp;feeling unsure.

While it can convey confusion or hesitation,&nbsp;it is also commonly used for slight sadness, disappointment, and frustration.

Huawei&#39;s design for this emoji includes a&nbsp;<a href="/question-mark">❓ Red Question Mark</a>.

<a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/confused-face/">Samsung</a> previously included raised eyebrows, as did <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/confused-face/">Microsoft</a> along with a rotated&nbsp;S-shaped mouth, &agrave; la the :S emoticon.&nbsp;Google&rsquo;s design also <a href="/google/android-8.0/confused-face/">previously&nbsp;included</a>&nbsp;a furrowed brow.

Confused Face

A yellow face with open eyes, raised or furrowed eyebrows, and a broad frown.&nbsp;May convey a variety of moderately sad or tense emotions, including concern, anxiety, alarm, disappointment, and unhappiness.&nbsp;

Apple&rsquo;s design features the same eye expression as on its <a href="/hushed-face/">😯&nbsp;Hushed Face</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/astonished-face/">😲 &nbsp;Astonished Face</a> or <a href="/dizzy-face/">😵&nbsp;Dizzy Face</a>.&nbsp;

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/worried-face/">previously included</a> sweat droplets coming from its cheeks, a shorthand for anxiety in manga and anime.

Worried Face

A yellow face with simple, open eyes and a slight frown. Often conveys a mild degree of concern, disappointment, or sadness, but usually&nbsp;less intensely&nbsp;than <a href="/frowning-face/">☹️&nbsp;Frowning Face</a>.

<a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/slightly-frowning-face/">Samsung</a> and <a href="/facebook/2.0/slightly-frowning-face/">Facebook</a> previously included eyebrows.

Slightly Frowning Face

A classic sad face. A yellow face with&nbsp;simple, open eyes and wide, steep frown. May convey such feelings as moderate concern or disappointment and affectionate sadness, as when missing a loved one. Its sentiment is usually more intense than <a href="/slightly-frowning-face/">🙁&nbsp;Slightly Frowning Face</a>, which has a smaller frown.

This smiley predates Unicode emoji support. In its Unicode name of White Frowning Face, white&nbsp;does not refer to skin tone or ethnicity, although&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.0/frowning-face/">early designs</a>&nbsp;colored the face white.&nbsp;See the glossary for the&nbsp;term&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#white" title="📖 Glossary">white</a>&nbsp;in Unicode character names.

White Frowning Face

A red face with an angry expression: frowning mouth with eyes and eyebrows scrunched downward. Bears the same expression as <a href="/angry-face/">😠&nbsp;Angry Face</a> on most platforms and may convey more intense degrees of anger, e.g., hate or rage.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/pouting-face/">previously featured</a> a yellow face with the <a href="/anger-symbol/">💢 Anger Symbol</a> on its forehead. Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/pouting-face/">previously featured</a> a&nbsp;yellow face with a more hurt expression.

Not to be confused with <a href="/person-pouting/">🙎 Person With Pouting Face</a>. This emoji also has a cat variant, <a href="/pouting-cat/">😾&nbsp;Pouting Cat Face</a>.

Pouting Face

A yellow face with a frowning mouth and eyes and eyebrows scrunched downward in anger.

Conveys varying&nbsp;degrees of anger, from grumpiness and irritation to disgust and outrage. May also represent someone acting tough or being mean.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-2.0/angry-face/">previously featured</a> a reddish face with clenched teeth and wrinkled chin.&nbsp;Google&rsquo;s design also <a href="/google/android-9.0/angry-face/">previously featured</a>&nbsp;a reddish face, while Facebook&rsquo;s and Microsoft&#39;s <a href="/facebook/3.0/angry-face/">earlier</a> <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.1/angry-face/">designs</a>&nbsp;had&nbsp;clenched teeth.

Angry Face

A cartoon cat variant of <a href="/smirking-face/">😏 Smirking Face</a>. Depicted as yellow on major platforms.

Cat Face with Wry Smile

A hand shown pressing against the head of a person, commonly written as&nbsp;facepalm. Used to display&nbsp;frustration or embarrassment at the ineptitude of a person or situation.

May be used&nbsp;in a similar context to the acronym <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=smh">SMH</a>&nbsp;(shaking my head), or in relation to the <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/facepalm">Picard Facepalm meme</a>.

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Apple

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Google Noto Color Emoji

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Samsung

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Microsoft 3D Fluent

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Microsoft

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

WhatsApp

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Facebook

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Huawei

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

Telegram

Animated versions of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs, used by Google Messenger.

Noto Color Emoji, Animated

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Skype

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Twitter Emoji Stickers

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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JoyPixels

An animated subset of the licensable JoyPixels emoji set.

JoyPixels Animations

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

SerenityOS

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

Sony Playstation

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

Noto Emoji Font

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

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Icons8

An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

emojidex

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Messenger

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

SoftBank

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Docomo

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

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Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Mozilla

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

A minor emoji update that changed the <a href="/racing-car">🏎️ Racing Car</a> emoji as part of a campaign by WhatsApp and the&nbsp;Mercedes-Benz F1 team.

2.24.8.85

Beginning rollout on 2024-02-02, WhatsApp&nbsp;2.23.2.72 debut support for a subset of 2023&#39;s <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a> recommendations.

Additionally, this update introduced gender-neutral designs for a series of people emojis that previously displayed a gendered appearance on the platform.&nbsp;

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2.24.2.76

Beginning rollout on 2023-01-11, WhatsApp 2.23.2.72&nbsp;debuted support for the 31 emojis recommended in September 2022&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>.

This update also changed the designs of the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/nerd-face/">🤓&nbsp;Nerd Face</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/pleading-face/">🥺&nbsp;Pleading Face</a>, and the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/face-holding-back-tears/">🥹&nbsp;Face Holding Back Tears</a>&nbsp;emojis.

2.23.2.72

Released 2022-04-19, this update for WhatsApp on Android devices introduced support for <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> emojis such as <a href="/melting-face/">🫠&nbsp;Melting Face</a>, as well as&nbsp;multiple skin tone versions of the&nbsp;<a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a>&nbsp;emoji.

2.22.8.79

Released 2021-11-25, this update introduced&nbsp;additional skin tone combinations&nbsp;for the<a href="/people-holding-hands/">🧑&zwj;🤝&zwj;🧑 People Holding Hands</a>&nbsp;emoji from late 2019&#39;s <a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>, as well as many different &nbsp;<a href="/kiss/">💏 Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/couple-with-heart/">💑 Couple with Heart</a> skin tone combinations from late 2020&#39;s <a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>.

However, this release did not update WhatsApp&#39;s native emoji keyboard to allow for access&nbsp;to these new emojis.

2.21.23.23

Released 2021-08-18,&nbsp;this update included partial support for <a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>, with&nbsp;three&nbsp;new smiley emoji and two new heart emojis.

The update also introduced <a href="/woman-beard/">🧔&zwj;♀️&nbsp;Woman: Beard</a> and updated the design of&nbsp;<a href="/person-beard/">🧔 Person: Beard</a> to be more gender neutral. The update did not, however, provide support for&nbsp;<a href="/man-beard/">🧔&zwj;♂️ Man: Beard</a>&nbsp;or the new variations of&nbsp;<a href="/kiss/">💏&nbsp;Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/couple-with-heart/">💑&nbsp;Couple with Heart</a>&nbsp;recommended in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>.

2.21.16.20

Released 2021-06-08, this update included a single new emoji: the <a href="/refugee-nation-flag/">Refugee Nation flag</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapps-new-refugee-nation-flag/">More about this new flag emoji.</a>

2.21.11.17

Released early December 2020, this update included 115&nbsp;new emojis from <a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>.

2.20.206.24

Released early September&nbsp;2020, this update&nbsp;included 138&nbsp;new emojis. While all of these new emojis were from&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>, this update&nbsp;did not include the 30&nbsp;people holding hands emoji variants also included within&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>.

2.20.198.15

WhatApp&#39;s major emoji update of 2019 which included support for <a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>. Included 230 <a href="/whatsapp/2.19.352/new/">new</a> emojis, plus some very minor tweaks to <a href="/whatsapp/2.19.352/changed/">three existing designs</a>.

2.19.352

2.19.244

2.19.175

The first WhatsApp release to include a <a href="/transgender-flag/">Transgender Flag</a>; as well as giving emoji presentation to the <a href="/transgender-symbol/">Transgender Sign</a> Unicode character. Also includes minor design changes to a number of emojis. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapp-2-19-62-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

2.19.62

Released on January 15&nbsp;2019, this update includes a number of design changes. <a href="/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a> support came out <a href="/whatsapp/2.18.379/new/">one month prior to this release</a>, and as such no new emojis are included in this version. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapp-2-19-7-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

2.19.7

The first update from WhatsApp to include new <a href="/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a> support. These changes <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapp-windows-test-new-emoji-support/">first entered beta</a> in November 2018, and made the final release of WhatsApp 2.18.379 on December 16, 2018.

2.18.379

WhatsApp 2.17.386 was released on October 23, 2017 and was the first (non-beta) release to include the new WhatsApp emoji designs for Android users.

Previous releases of WhatsApp used <a href="/apple/">Apple emojis</a> on all platforms.

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