Yawning Face

🥱 yawns. It means being tired or bored.

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Tone

Low-energyIt reads as tired, sleepy or bored.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: YAWNING FACE
CLDR short name: yawning face
Codepoint: U+1F971
Hex: 1F971
Emoji version: 12.0
Unicode version: 12.0
First released: 2019
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.

:yawning_face:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

bedtime · bored · face · goodnight · nap · night · sleep · sleepy · tired · whatever · yawn · yawning · zzz

How it looks

Yawning Face — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Yawning 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 🥱 yawning face emoji mean?: 🥱 yawns. It means being tired or bored.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🥱?: U+1F971, named YAWNING FACE in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🥱 yawning face emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 12.0, published in 2019, alongside Unicode 12.0. 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 “yawning 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 :yawning_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.