Sneezing Face

🤧 sneezes into a tissue. It is used for colds, flu and allergies.

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Tone

UnwellIt reads as sick or disgusted.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: SNEEZING FACE
CLDR short name: sneezing face
Codepoint: U+1F927
Hex: 1F927
Emoji version: 3.0
Unicode version: 9.0
First released: 2016
Unicode group: Smileys & Emotion
Unicode subgroup: face-unwell
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.

:sneezing_face:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

face · fever · flu · gesundheit · sick · sneeze · sneezing

How it looks

Sneezing Face — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Sneezing Face — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

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

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

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Questions people ask

What does the 🤧 sneezing face emoji mean?: 🤧 sneezes into a tissue. It is used for colds, flu and allergies.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🤧?: U+1F927, named SNEEZING FACE in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🤧 sneezing 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 “sneezing 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 :sneezing_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.