Melting Face

🫠 shows a face melting into a puddle. It expresses embarrassment, being overwhelmed, or slowly “dying inside”, and is also used literally for extreme heat.

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Tone

AwkwardIt reads as embarrassed, nervous or sheepish.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Common uses

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Admitting embarrassment or being overwhelmed
Complaining, literally, about the heat

Easy to misread

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Usually signals overwhelm, embarrassment, or resignation rather than literal heat.

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: MELTING FACE
CLDR short name: melting face
Codepoint: U+1FAE0
Hex: 1FAE0
Emoji version: 14.0
Unicode version: 14.0
First released: 2021
Unicode group: Smileys & Emotion
Unicode subgroup: face-smiling
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.

:melting_face:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

disappear · dissolve · embarrassed · face · haha · heat · hot · liquid · lol · melt · melting · sarcasm · sarcastic

How it looks

Melting Face — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Melting 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 🫠 melting face emoji mean?: 🫠 shows a face melting into a puddle. It expresses embarrassment, being overwhelmed, or slowly “dying inside”, and is also used literally for extreme heat.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🫠?: U+1FAE0, named MELTING FACE in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🫠 melting face emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 14.0, published in 2021, alongside Unicode 14.0. 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 “melting 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 :melting_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?: Usually signals overwhelm, embarrassment, or resignation rather than literal heat.