# 🙂‍↔️ Head shaking horizontally emoji

🙂‍↔️ Head shaking horizontally is an emoji in the neutral and skeptical faces set of Smileys & emotion. It was added in Emoji 15.1 in 2023. Related words: no and shake.

- Emoji: 🙂‍↔️
- Unicode name: head shaking horizontally
- Code points: U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F
- Category: Smileys & emotion, Neutral and skeptical faces
- Added: Emoji 15.1 (2023)
- Keywords: head, horizontally, no, shake, shaking
- Page: https://emojichart.com/head-shaking-horizontally-emoji

## What it means

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'.

## What it's made of

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

1. 🙂 [Slightly smiling face](https://emojichart.com/slightly-smiling-face-emoji.md) (U+1F642)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ↔️ [Left-right arrow](https://emojichart.com/left-right-arrow-emoji.md) (U+2194 U+FE0F)
4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cabeza negando | cabeza moviéndose horizontalmente, cabeza negando, negar, no |
| Français (fr) | tête secouée horizontalement | non, secouer, tête secouée horizontalement |
| Deutsch (de) | Kopfschütteln | Kopfschütteln, nein, Schütteln |
| Italiano (it) | scuotere la testa in senso orizzontale | no, scuotere, scuotere la testa in senso orizzontale |
| Português (pt) | cabeça virando de um lado para o outro | balançar, cabeça balançando na horizontal, cabeça virando de um lado para o outro, não, negar |
| Nederlands (nl) | hoofd dat horizontaal beweegt | bewegen, heen en weer, horizontaal, nee, schudden, van links naar rechts |
| Svenska (sv) | huvud skakar horisontellt | horisontellt, huvud, nej, skakar |
| Polski (pl) | głowa kręcąca się poziomo | głowa kręcąca się poziomo, nie, potrząśnięcie |
| Türkçe (tr) | yatay olarak sallanan yüz | hayır, sallama, yatay olarak sallanan yüz |
| Русский (ru) | отрицательно качает головой | несогласие, нет, отрицание, отрицательно качает головой |
| Українська (uk) | заперечливе хитання головою | відмова, заперечення, нєа, ні, нізащо, хитав, хитала, хитати |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κεφάλι που κουνιέται οριζόντια | κεφάλι, κεφάλι που κουνιέται οριζόντια, κούνημα, όχι |
| العربية (ar) | رأس يهتز أفقياً | رأس يهتز أفقياً, لا، رفض |
| עברית (he) | מנענע ראש מצד לצד | לא, מנענע, מנענע ראש מצד לצד |
| فارسی (fa) | تکان دادن افقی سر | تکان دادن افقی سر, نه، تکان سر |
| हिन्दी (hi) | इनकार का इशारा करता हुआ सिर | इनकार, इनकार का इशारा करता हुआ सिर, नहीं |
| বাংলা (bn) | এপাশ ওপাশ মাথা নাড়ানো | এপাশ ওপাশ মাথা নাড়ানো, না বলতে, নাড়ানো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kepala bergeleng | geleng, kepala bergeleng, tidak |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | lắc đầu | không, lắc, lắc đầu |
| ไทย (th) | ส่ายหน้า | ไม่, สั่น, ส่ายหน้า, ส่ายหัว |
| 日本語 (ja) | 首を横に振る | いいえ, 不賛成, 顔, 首を振る, 首を横に振る |
| 한국어 (ko) | 도리도리 | 고개를 흔들다, 도리도리, 부정, 아니요 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 左右摇头 | 否定, 左右摇头, 摇头 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 左右搖頭 | 不，搖頭, 左右搖頭 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kop wat horisontaal skud
- Akan (ak): ti woso kɔ hɔrisɔntaa
- Albanian (sq): kokë që tundet horizontalisht
- Amharic (am): ራስ መንቀጥቀጥ አግድሞሽ
- Anii (blo): atootoo nɖi abǝla
- Armenian (hy): հորիզոնական ճոճվող գլուխ
- Assamese (as): অনুভূমিকভাৱে মূৰ জোকাৰি থকা
- Azerbaijani (az): başı üfüqi silkələmək
- Bashkir (ba): горизонталь баш сайҡау
- Basque (eu): horizontalki mugitzen ari den burua
- Belarusian (be): гарызантальна круціць галавой
- Bosnian (bs): vrti glavom lijevo desno
- Breton (br): penn o hejañ a-gleiz hag a-zehoù
- Bulgarian (bg): глава, която прави хоризонтални движения
- Burmese (my): ဘယ်ညာ လှုပ်ယမ်းနေသောခေါင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 擰頭
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 拧头
- Catalan (ca): cap que tremola horitzontalment
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎵᏍᏛᏂᎭ
- Chuvash (cv): килӗшмесӗр пуҫне сулкалать
- Croatian (hr): vodoravno okretanje glavom
- Czech (cs): kroucení hlavou ze strany na stranu
- Danish (da): ryster på hovedet vandret
- Estonian (et): pearaputus
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cabeça a virar de um lado para o outro
- Faroese (fo): ristandi andlit
- Filipino (fil): gumagalaw na mukha pahalang
- Finnish (fi): ravistaa päätä vaakasuunnassa
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤸𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤢 𞤸𞤮𞤸𞤪𞤫 𞤲𞤮 𞤱𞤭𞤤𞤱𞤭𞤪𞤭
- Galician (gl): cabeza abaneándose horizontalmente
- Georgian (ka): თავის გაქნევა
- Gujarati (gu): નકારમાં માથું હલાવવું
- Hausa (ha): girgiza kai a kwance
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): left right head shaking
- Hungarian (hu): vízszintes fejrázás
- Icelandic (is): hristir höfuðið lárétt
- Igbo (ig): efufe isi site n’aka nri ga n’aka ekpe
- Irish (ga): ceann ag croitheadh go cothrománach
- Javanese (jv): gedheg
- Kannada (kn): ಅಡ್ಡಲಾಗಿ ತಲೆ ಅಲುಗಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು
- Kazakh (kk): көлденеңінен шайқалған бет
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كولدەنەڭىنەن شايقالعان بەت
- Khmer (km): គ្រវីក្បាល
- Konkani (kok): तकली आडवी थरथरता
- Kyrgyz (ky): оңго-солго кыймылдаган жүз
- Lao (lo): ແກວ່ງຫົວແນວນອນ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): cabeza en movimiento horizontal
- Latvian (lv): krata galvu horizontāli
- Ligurian (lij): testa ch’a scòlla in senso orizzontale
- Lithuanian (lt): purtantis galvą
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): woblico, kenž z głowu wijo
- Macedonian (mk): одмавнување со главата
- Malay (ms): menggeleng kepala
- Malayalam (ml): തല വശങ്ങളിലേക്ക് ആട്ടുക
- Marathi (mr): नकारार्थी मान हलविणे
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): cabeza moviéndose horizontalmente
- Mongolian (mn): толгойгоо дээш доош дохих
- Nepali (ne): तेर्सो तरिकाले टाउको हल्लाउँदै
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): shek shék hẹd horizóntáli
- Norwegian (no): ristende hode
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): ristande hovud
- Odia (or): ଭୂସମାନ୍ତର ଭାବରେ ମୁଣ୍ଡ ହଲାଇବା
- Oromo (om): mataa dalga raasuu
- Pashto (ps): سر په افقی ډول لړزول
- Punjabi (pa): ਖੱਬੇ ਤੋਂ ਸੱਜੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਵੱਲ ਸਿਰ ਹਿਲਾਉਣਾ
- Quechua (qu): tapsiy umata hanaqmanta urayman
- Romanian (ro): cap care se clatină pe orizontală
- Romansh (rm): scurlattar il chau
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): crathadh-cinn
- Serbian (sr): глава тресе хоризонтално
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): glava trese horizontalno
- Shan (shn): ဝႆႁူဝ် သၢႆႉၶႂႃ
- Sindhi (sd): افقي طور تي مٿو لوڏڻ
- Sinhala (si): හිස තිරස් අතට සෙලවීම
- Slovak (sk): hlava krútiaca sa zo strany na stranu
- Slovenian (sl): vodoravno premikanje glave
- Somali (so): madax u luxida sida jiifsan
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): cara moviéndose horizontalmente
- Swahili (sw): kutikisa kichwa kimlalo
- Tamil (ta): கிடைமட்டமாக தலை அசைத்தல்
- Telugu (te): తలను అడ్డంగా ఊపడం
- Tigrinya (ti): ናብ ጎዲኒ ኣንፈት ዘንቀጥቅጥ ገጽ
- Tongan (to): mata kalokalo
- Turkmen (tk): saga-çepe sallanýan kelle
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wobličo, kiž z hłowu wije
- Urdu (ur): دائیں بائیں نہ میں سر ہلاتا ہوا
- Uzbek (uz): gorizontal yo‘nalishda tebranayotgan yuz
- Welsh (cy): pen yn ysgwyd o ochr i ochr
- Wolof (wo): bopp buy yëngu ci anam gu tëdd
- Yoruba (yo): orí mímì látọ̀tún-sósì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): orí mímì látɔ̀tún-sósì
- Zulu (zu): ikhanda elibuka le nale

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/head-shaking-horizontally-emoji