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😬U+1F62C

Grimacing face emoji

Clenched, bared teeth in a tense grimace define the expression. Awkwardness, embarrassment and nervousness show up, a 'yikes' feeling after a social blunder or when something goes wrong. Cringe moments and uneasy, strained politeness are where it fits.

Unicode name
grimacing face
Category
Smileys & emotion, Neutral and skeptical faces
Added
Emoji 1.0 in 2015
Code points
U+1F62C
Shortcode
:grimacing:
Keywords
awk, awkward, dentist, face, grimace, grimacing, grinning, smile, smiling

How it looks

😬
Your device
Grimacing face emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Grimacing face emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Grimacing face emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 😬

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “grimacing face”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “grimacing face”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “grimacing face”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “grimacing face”.
GitHub
Type :grimacing: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolcara haciendo una muecacara, cara haciendo una mueca, mueca
Françaisvisage grimaçantdents, émoticône, gêné, grimace, rien, sourire, visage, visage grimaçant
DeutschGrimassen schneidendes GesichtGesicht, Grimasse, peinlich, schneiden, Smiley, verziehen, Zähne
Italianofaccina con smorfiadenti, dentista, digrignare, digrignare i denti, faccina, faccina con smorfia, smorfia
Portuguêsrosto expressando desagradocareta, fazendo careta, rosto, rosto expressando desagrado, rosto fazendo careta, sem graça
Nederlandsgezicht met grimasgezicht, gezicht met grimas, grimas, grimasgezicht, grinniken, niks, oeps, ongemakkelijk, smiley, tanden op elkaar
Svenskagrimaserande ansikteansikte, biter ihop, grimaserar, tänder
Polskitwarz z grymasembuźka, grymas, grymaśna buźka, twarz z grymasem, wyszczerz, zęby
Türkçedişlerini gösteren yüzdişçi, dişlerini gösteren yüz, dişlerini sıkmak, endişeli, tedirgin, yüz, yüzünü ekşitme
Русскийгримасазлой, злость, злюсь, зубы, кривляться, показать, рожа
Українськаобличчя з гримасоюгримаса, дантист, дивно, зуби, капець, кривляння, крінж, посмішка, скривлене, стоматолог, усмішка
Ελληνικάγκριμάτσαάβολο, γκριμάτσα, οδοντίατρος, παράξενο, πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο με γκριμάτσα, τίποτα, χαμόγελο
العربيةوجه متجهمأسنان, ابتسامة, بسمة, حركات, طبيبي أسنان, عبوس, لا شيء, وجه, وجه متجهم, يبتسم
עבריתפרצוף חושף שינייםחושף שיניים, מבוכה, מוטרד, פרצוף, שיניים, שיניים חשוקות
فارسیدهن‌کجیادا و اصول, دهن‌کجی, شکلک, صورت, منزجر
हिन्दीमुंह बनाता चेहराखिसियाता चेहरा, चेहरा, दांत निकालना, दांत पीसना, मुस्कान, मुंह बनाता चेहरा, मुंह बनाना
বাংলাদাঁত বার করা মুখকিছু না, দাঁত, দাঁত বার করা মুখ, ভেংচানো, মুখ
Bahasa Indonesiawajah menyeringaimenyeringai, merasa aneh, meringis, muka, nyengir, seringai, wajah
Tiếng Việtmặt nhăn nhómặt, mặt nhăn nhó, nhăn nhó
ไทยเบะปากเบะปาก, ยิงฟัน, หน้า
日本語しかめ面いー, しかめっ面, しかめ面, しかめ顔, 顔
한국어찌푸린 얼굴미소, 스마일, 아무것도 아님, 얼굴, 이상함, 찌푸린 얼굴, 찡그림, 치과의사
中文(简体)龇牙咧嘴咬牙切齿, 尴尬, 牙医, 脸, 露齿, 露齿而笑, 鬼脸, 龇牙咧嘴
中文(繁體)咬牙咬牙, 咬牙切齒, 臉, 露齒而笑, 鬼臉
Names in 98 more languages
Afrikaansgrynsende gesig
Akangrɛmaasin anim
Albanianfytyrë e ngërdheshur
Amharicታሞ የተጨማደደ ፊት
Aniiyaashɩ aleeka kaayɛ
Armenianծամածռվող դեմք
Assameseবিকৃত মুখ
Azerbaijaniüz-gözünü turşudan üz
Bashkirтеш ыржайтҡан йөҙ
Basqueimintzio-aurpegia
Belarusianскрыўлены твар
Bosniangrimasa
Bretondremm ocʼh ober ardoù
BulgarianЛице с гримаса
Burmeseရှုံ့မဲ့နေသော မျက်နှာ
Cantonese痛苦嘅臉
Cantonese (Simplified)痛苦嘅脸
Catalancara que fa una ganyota amb les dents
CherokeeᎤᏓᏁᎪᏳᎲᎢ ᎤᎧᏛ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)依起棚牙
Chuvashгримас
Croatianlice s grimasom
Czechgrimasa s vyceněnými zuby
Danishsammenbidt ansigt
Estoniangrimassitav nägu
European Portuguesecara a fazer caretas
Faroeseandlit ið vísur tenn
Filipinonakangiwi
Finnishirvistävä
Fula (Adlam)𞤴𞤫𞥅𞤧𞤮 𞤩𞤭𞥅𞤻𞤢𞤴𞤲𞤺𞤮
Galiciancara apertando os dentes
Georgianდამანჭული სახე
Gujaratiચેનચાળા કરતો ચહેરો
Hausafuska na ɗauren fuska
Hungariangrimaszoló arc
Icelandicgretta
Igboihu ntachị anya
Irishstraoiseog le cár uirthi
Javaneserai mringis mbatek
Kalaallisutsammenbidt ansigt
Kannadaಸೊಟ್ಟ ಮುಖ
Kazakhбет-аузын қисайту
Kazakh (Arabic)بەت-اۋزىن قيسايتۋ
Khmerមុខស្អេញស្អូញ
Kinyarwandaisura igaragaza amenyo
Konkaniखिन्न तोंड
Kyrgyzкебетесин бузган бет
KʼicheʼUb’anom Palajaj
Laoໜ້າບູດບ້ຽວ
Latviansaviebta seja
Lithuanianbesivaipantis veidas
Lower Sorbiangrimasu śěgujuce woblico
LuxembourgishGrimass schneidend Gesiicht
Macedonianлице со гримаса
Malaymuka menyeringai
Malayalamഗോഷ്‌ടി കാണിക്കുന്ന മുഖം
Maltesewiċċ jistmerraħ
Marathiवाकुल्या दाखविणारा चेहरा
Mongolianярвалзсан царай
Māorikanohi whāita
Nepaliमुख बनाएको अनुहार
Nigerian PidginỌ́glí Fes Wé Sọ́mtin De Pen
Northern Sothosefahlego se tšintšego
Norwegiangrimase
Odiaବିକୃତ ମୁହଁ
Oromofuula saalfii
Pashtoبړوسېدلی مخ
Punjabiਕਚੀਚੀਆਂ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਚਿਹਰਾ
Punjabi (Arabic)منہ بناندی شکل
Quechuauya muecaswan
Romanianfață cu grimasă
Romanshfatscha cun grimassa
Scottish Gaelicaodann le drèin air
Serbianлице са гримасом
Serbian (Latin)lice sa grimasom
Shanၼႃႈႁူတႃႁႄ
Sindhiبناوٽي صورت ٺاهيندڙ چهرو
Sinhalaපුලුටු කර ගත් මුහුණ
Slovakvyškerená tvár
Slovenianspačen obraz
Somaliwaji naxdin leh
Swahiliuso uliokunjwa
Tajikрӯи туршкунанда
Tamilபற்களைக் கடிக்கும் முகம்
Teluguకోపంతో పళ్లు కొరుకుతున్న ముఖం
Tigrinyaጽዉግ ገጽ
Tonganmata mioʻi
Tswanasefatlhego se se sontseng
Turkmenýyrşarýan ýüz
Upper Sorbianwobličo z grimasu
Urduمضحکہ خیز چہرہ
Uyghurچىشى قېيىشقان چىراي
Uzbekafti burishgan
Welshwyneb ag ystum
Wolofkanam guy def yëfi golo
Xhosaubuso obujamileyo
YorubaOju Ifaro
Zuluubuso obuhlinile

Codes

Code points
U+1F62C
HTML
😬
CSS
\1F62C
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F62C}
Python
\U0001F62C
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 98 AC
UTF-16
D83D DE2C
URL encoded
%F0%9F%98%AC

Questions

What does the 😬 grimacing face emoji mean?

Clenched, bared teeth in a tense grimace define the expression. Awkwardness, embarrassment and nervousness show up, a 'yikes' feeling after a social blunder or when something goes wrong. Cringe moments and uneasy, strained politeness are where it fits.

How do I type the 😬 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “grimacing face”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :grimacing:.

When was the 😬 emoji added?

😬 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

What is the Unicode code point for 😬?

U+1F62C. In HTML you can write 😬, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F62C}.

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