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🙂‍↔️U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F

Head shaking horizontally emoji

A face shown shaking its head from side to side, with motion lines. It is the nonverbal 'no', showing disagreement, refusal or disapproval, often in a polite or friendly way. Its counterpart, the head shaking vertically, means 'yes'.

Unicode name
head shaking horizontally
Category
Smileys & emotion, Neutral and skeptical faces
Added
Emoji 15.1 in 2023
Code points
U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F
Keywords
head, horizontally, no, shake, shaking

How it looks

🙂‍↔️
Your device
Head shaking horizontally emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Head shaking horizontally emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Head shaking horizontally emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

What it's made of

🙂‍↔️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

  1. 🙂Slightly smiling faceU+1F642
  2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
  3. ↔️Left-right arrowU+2194 U+FE0F
  4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji styleU+FE0F

How to type 🙂‍↔️

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “head shaking horizontally”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “head shaking horizontally”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “head shaking horizontally”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “head shaking horizontally”.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolcabeza negandocabeza moviéndose horizontalmente, cabeza negando, negar, no
Françaistête secouée horizontalementnon, secouer, tête secouée horizontalement
DeutschKopfschüttelnKopfschütteln, nein, Schütteln
Italianoscuotere la testa in senso orizzontaleno, scuotere, scuotere la testa in senso orizzontale
Portuguêscabeça virando de um lado para o outrobalançar, cabeça balançando na horizontal, cabeça virando de um lado para o outro, não, negar
Nederlandshoofd dat horizontaal beweegtbewegen, heen en weer, horizontaal, nee, schudden, van links naar rechts
Svenskahuvud skakar horisontellthorisontellt, huvud, nej, skakar
Polskigłowa kręcąca się poziomogłowa kręcąca się poziomo, nie, potrząśnięcie
Türkçeyatay olarak sallanan yüzhayır, sallama, yatay olarak sallanan yüz
Русскийотрицательно качает головойнесогласие, нет, отрицание, отрицательно качает головой
Українськазаперечливе хитання головоювідмова, заперечення, нєа, ні, нізащо, хитав, хитала, хитати
Ελληνικάκεφάλι που κουνιέται οριζόντιακεφάλι, κεφάλι που κουνιέται οριζόντια, κούνημα, όχι
العربيةرأس يهتز أفقياًرأس يهتز أفقياً, لا، رفض
עבריתמנענע ראש מצד לצדלא, מנענע, מנענע ראש מצד לצד
فارسیتکان دادن افقی سرتکان دادن افقی سر, نه، تکان سر
हिन्दीइनकार का इशारा करता हुआ सिरइनकार, इनकार का इशारा करता हुआ सिर, नहीं
বাংলাএপাশ ওপাশ মাথা নাড়ানোএপাশ ওপাশ মাথা নাড়ানো, না বলতে, নাড়ানো
Bahasa Indonesiakepala bergelenggeleng, kepala bergeleng, tidak
Tiếng Việtlắc đầukhông, lắc, lắc đầu
ไทยส่ายหน้าไม่, สั่น, ส่ายหน้า, ส่ายหัว
日本語首を横に振るいいえ, 不賛成, 顔, 首を振る, 首を横に振る
한국어도리도리고개를 흔들다, 도리도리, 부정, 아니요
中文(简体)左右摇头否定, 左右摇头, 摇头
中文(繁體)左右搖頭不,搖頭, 左右搖頭
Names in 92 more languages
Afrikaanskop wat horisontaal skud
Akanti woso kɔ hɔrisɔntaa
Albaniankokë që tundet horizontalisht
Amharicራስ መንቀጥቀጥ አግድሞሽ
Aniiatootoo nɖi abǝla
Armenianհորիզոնական ճոճվող գլուխ
Assameseঅনুভূমিকভাৱে মূৰ জোকাৰি থকা
Azerbaijanibaşı üfüqi silkələmək
Bashkirгоризонталь баш сайҡау
Basquehorizontalki mugitzen ari den burua
Belarusianгарызантальна круціць галавой
Bosnianvrti glavom lijevo desno
Bretonpenn o hejañ a-gleiz hag a-zehoù
Bulgarianглава, която прави хоризонтални движения
Burmeseဘယ်ညာ လှုပ်ယမ်းနေသောခေါင်း
Cantonese擰頭
Cantonese (Simplified)拧头
Catalancap que tremola horitzontalment
CherokeeᎠᎵᏍᏛᏂᎭ
Chuvashкилӗшмесӗр пуҫне сулкалать
Croatianvodoravno okretanje glavom
Czechkroucení hlavou ze strany na stranu
Danishryster på hovedet vandret
Estonianpearaputus
European Portuguesecabeça a virar de um lado para o outro
Faroeseristandi andlit
Filipinogumagalaw na mukha pahalang
Finnishravistaa päätä vaakasuunnassa
Fula (Adlam)𞤸𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤢 𞤸𞤮𞤸𞤪𞤫 𞤲𞤮 𞤱𞤭𞤤𞤱𞤭𞤪𞤭
Galiciancabeza abaneándose horizontalmente
Georgianთავის გაქნევა
Gujaratiનકારમાં માથું હલાવવું
Hausagirgiza kai a kwance
Hindi (Latin)left right head shaking
Hungarianvízszintes fejrázás
Icelandichristir höfuðið lárétt
Igboefufe isi site n’aka nri ga n’aka ekpe
Irishceann ag croitheadh go cothrománach
Javanesegedheg
Kannadaಅಡ್ಡಲಾಗಿ ತಲೆ ಅಲುಗಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು
Kazakhкөлденеңінен шайқалған бет
Kazakh (Arabic)كولدەنەڭىنەن شايقالعان بەت
Khmerគ្រវីក្បាល
Konkaniतकली आडवी थरथरता
Kyrgyzоңго-солго кыймылдаган жүз
Laoແກວ່ງຫົວແນວນອນ
Latin American Spanishcabeza en movimiento horizontal
Latviankrata galvu horizontāli
Liguriantesta ch’a scòlla in senso orizzontale
Lithuanianpurtantis galvą
Lower Sorbianwoblico, kenž z głowu wijo
Macedonianодмавнување со главата
Malaymenggeleng kepala
Malayalamതല വശങ്ങളിലേക്ക് ആട്ടുക
Marathiनकारार्थी मान हलविणे
Mexican Spanishcabeza moviéndose horizontalmente
Mongolianтолгойгоо дээш доош дохих
Nepaliतेर्सो तरिकाले टाउको हल्लाउँदै
Nigerian Pidginshek shék hẹd horizóntáli
Norwegianristende hode
Norwegian Nynorskristande hovud
Odiaଭୂସମାନ୍ତର ଭାବରେ ମୁଣ୍ଡ ହଲାଇବା
Oromomataa dalga raasuu
Pashtoسر په افقی ډول لړزول
Punjabiਖੱਬੇ ਤੋਂ ਸੱਜੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਵੱਲ ਸਿਰ ਹਿਲਾਉਣਾ
Quechuatapsiy umata hanaqmanta urayman
Romaniancap care se clatină pe orizontală
Romanshscurlattar il chau
Scottish Gaeliccrathadh-cinn
Serbianглава тресе хоризонтално
Serbian (Latin)glava trese horizontalno
Shanဝႆႁူဝ် သၢႆႉၶႂႃ
Sindhiافقي طور تي مٿو لوڏڻ
Sinhalaහිස තිරස් අතට සෙලවීම
Slovakhlava krútiaca sa zo strany na stranu
Slovenianvodoravno premikanje glave
Somalimadax u luxida sida jiifsan
Spanish (United States)cara moviéndose horizontalmente
Swahilikutikisa kichwa kimlalo
Tamilகிடைமட்டமாக தலை அசைத்தல்
Teluguతలను అడ్డంగా ఊపడం
Tigrinyaናብ ጎዲኒ ኣንፈት ዘንቀጥቅጥ ገጽ
Tonganmata kalokalo
Turkmensaga-çepe sallanýan kelle
Upper Sorbianwobličo, kiž z hłowu wije
Urduدائیں بائیں نہ میں سر ہلاتا ہوا
Uzbekgorizontal yo‘nalishda tebranayotgan yuz
Welshpen yn ysgwyd o ochr i ochr
Wolofbopp buy yëngu ci anam gu tëdd
Yorubaorí mímì látọ̀tún-sósì
Yoruba (Benin)orí mímì látɔ̀tún-sósì
Zuluikhanda elibuka le nale

Codes

Code points
U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F
HTML
🙂‍↔️
CSS
\1F642\200D\2194\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F642}\u{200D}\u{2194}\u{FE0F}
Python
\U0001F642\u200D\u2194\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 99 82 E2 80 8D E2 86 94 EF B8 8F
UTF-16
D83D DE42 200D 2194 FE0F
URL encoded
%F0%9F%99%82%E2%80%8D%E2%86%94%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the 🙂‍↔️ head shaking horizontally emoji mean?

A face shown shaking its head from side to side, with motion lines. It is the nonverbal 'no', showing disagreement, refusal or disapproval, often in a polite or friendly way. Its counterpart, the head shaking vertically, means 'yes'.

How do I type the 🙂‍↔️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “head shaking horizontally”. 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.

When was the 🙂‍↔️ emoji added?

🙂‍↔️ was added in Emoji 15.1, released in 2023.

What is the Unicode code point for 🙂‍↔️?

U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🙂‍↔️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F642}\u{200D}\u{2194}\u{FE0F}.

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