Clown Face

🤡 is a clown face. It is rarely literal; it is usually used to call someone — or yourself — foolish.

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Tone

MockingIt reads as calling someone — or yourself — foolish.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Common uses

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Calling out a foolish take or behaviour
Laughing at your own mistake

Easy to misread

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Rarely literal. Commonly used to call someone — or yourself — foolish.

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: CLOWN FACE
CLDR short name: clown face
Codepoint: U+1F921
Hex: 1F921
Emoji version: 3.0
Unicode version: 9.0
First released: 2016
Unicode group: Smileys & Emotion
Unicode subgroup: face-costume
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:clown_face:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

clown · face

How it looks

Clown Face — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

Renders 🤡 with your system emoji font into PNG, WebP, or SVG. Pick a pixel size, then download.

Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🤡. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🤡 clown face emoji mean?: 🤡 is a clown face. It is rarely literal; it is usually used to call someone — or yourself — foolish.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🤡?: U+1F921, named CLOWN FACE in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🤡 clown face emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 3.0, published in 2016, alongside Unicode 9.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🤡 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “clown face”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🤡 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🤡?: On GitHub, type :clown_face: and it turns into 🤡 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.
Is 🤡 ever misunderstood?: Rarely literal. Commonly used to call someone — or yourself — foolish.