Emoji 0.6
crying face
Also known as awful, cry, crying, face, feels
A yellow face with closed eyes, a downturned mouth, and a single tear falling from one eye.
Meaning
The crying face emoji expresses sadness, grief, disappointment, or strong emotional pain. It is commonly used to show that someone is upset, misses someone, or feels hurt by a situation.
Unicode name
A face with closed eyes and a tear, indicating crying or sorrow.
Platform designs
Apple
In Apple design, it is a bright yellow face with closed eyes, a frown, and a single blue tear on its cheek.
Google
In Google Noto design, it is a yellow face with closed eyes, a curved frown, and a blue tear dropping from the left eye.
Twitter
In Twitter Twemoji design, it is a yellow face with closed eyes, a downturned mouth, and a blue tear on one cheek.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between 😢 crying face and similar emojis?
These emojis look similar, but their official descriptions differ:
😢 crying face: A yellow face with closed eyes, a downturned mouth, and a single tear falling from one eye.
😕 confused face: A yellow face with a neutral to slightly sad expression, featuring furrowed or raised eyebrows and a small frown.
🫤 face with diagonal mouth: A yellow face with a diagonal mouth line and neutral eyes, conveying doubt, indifference, or mild disappointment.
😢 crying face: A yellow face with closed eyes, a downturned mouth, and a single tear falling from one eye.
😕 confused face: A yellow face with a neutral to slightly sad expression, featuring furrowed or raised eyebrows and a small frown.
🫤 face with diagonal mouth: A yellow face with a diagonal mouth line and neutral eyes, conveying doubt, indifference, or mild disappointment.
Which category does 😢 crying face belong to?
😢 crying face belongs to the smileys & emotion category, which contains 172 emojis.
Which Unicode version added 😢 crying face?
😢 crying face was added in Emoji 0.6. Its codepoint is U+1F622, made up of 1 code points.
