Loudly Crying Face

😭 is crying loudly with streams of tears. It can mean real sadness, but it is very often used for laughing hard or being overwhelmed by something cute.

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Tone

IntenseIt reads as overwhelming emotion — real sobbing, or laughing or gushing until you cry.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Common uses

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Laughing so hard it hurts
Gushing over something cute or moving
Sharing real sadness

Easy to misread

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

The official name is loudly crying face, yet it is very often used for laughing until you cry rather than genuine sadness.

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: LOUDLY CRYING FACE
CLDR short name: loudly crying face
Codepoint: U+1F62D
Hex: 1F62D
Emoji version: 0.6
Unicode version: 6.0
First released: 2010
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.

:sob:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

bawling · cry · crying · face · loudly · sad · sob · tear · tears · unhappy

How it looks

Loudly Crying Face — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Loudly Crying Face — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Loudly Crying 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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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 😭 loudly crying face emoji mean?: 😭 is crying loudly with streams of tears. It can mean real sadness, but it is very often used for laughing hard or being overwhelmed by something cute.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 😭?: U+1F62D, named LOUDLY CRYING FACE in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 😭 loudly crying face emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. 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 “loudly crying 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 :sob: 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?: The official name is loudly crying face, yet it is very often used for laughing until you cry rather than genuine sadness.