Frowning Face

☹️ is a full frown. It means sadness or displeasure, a stronger version of 🙁.

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Tone

DownbeatIt reads as sad, hurt or disappointed.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: WHITE FROWNING FACE
CLDR short name: frowning face
Codepoint: U+2639 U+FE0F
Hex: 2639 FE0F
Emoji version: 0.7
Unicode version: 7.0
First released: 2014
Unicode group: Smileys & Emotion
Unicode subgroup: face-concerned
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.

:frowning_face:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

face · frown · frowning · sad

How it looks

Frowning Face — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Frowning Face — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

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

Download as image

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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 ☹️ frowning face emoji mean?: ☹️ is a full frown. It means sadness or displeasure, a stronger version of 🙁.
What is the Unicode codepoint for ☹️?: U+2639 U+FE0F: the character U+2639 (WHITE FROWNING FACE) followed by U+FE0F, variation selector-16, which asks for the colour emoji form. Without U+FE0F many systems draw U+2639 as a plain text symbol.
When was the ☹️ frowning face emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 0.7, published in 2014, alongside Unicode 7.0. 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 “frowning 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 :frowning_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.