Emoji 3
clown face
Also known as clown, face
A clown face with a white painted face, red nose, and colorful hair, often with a wide smile.
Meaning
The clown face emoji represents a clown, commonly associated with circuses, humor, or silliness. It is used to express joking, foolishness, or to indicate that something is ridiculous or absurd. In some contexts, it can also evoke unease due to the cultural trope of the scary clown.
Unicode name
The Unicode character U+1F921 represents a clown face, categorized under smileys & emotion in the costumed & creatures subgroup.
Platform designs
Apple
Apple's clown face emoji shows a pale white face with a red nose, blue diamond-shaped eyes, a wide red smile, and orange hair with a small hat.
Google
Google's Noto clown face emoji depicts a white-faced clown with a red nose, black eyebrows, a broad smile, and colorful orange and blue hair.
Twitter
Twitter's Twemoji clown face emoji features a white face, red nose, blue eye makeup, a red open smile, and purple and blue hair.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between 🤡 clown face and similar emojis?
These emojis look similar, but their official descriptions differ:
🤡 clown face: A clown face with a white painted face, red nose, and colorful hair, often with a wide smile.
💩 pile of poo: A smiling pile of brown feces with large eyes and a broad grin.
👹 ogre: A red or purple monster face with horns, fangs, and a scowling expression.
🤡 clown face: A clown face with a white painted face, red nose, and colorful hair, often with a wide smile.
💩 pile of poo: A smiling pile of brown feces with large eyes and a broad grin.
👹 ogre: A red or purple monster face with horns, fangs, and a scowling expression.
Which category does 🤡 clown face belong to?
🤡 clown face belongs to the smileys & emotion category, which contains 172 emojis.
Which Unicode version added 🤡 clown face?
🤡 clown face was added in Emoji 3. Its codepoint is U+1F921, made up of 1 code points.
