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🙂‍↕️U+1F642 U+200D U+2195 U+FE0F

Head shaking vertically emoji

A face shown nodding up and down, with motion lines. It means 'yes', agreement, approval or acknowledgment, and works as a friendly nonverbal nod to show you understand. Its counterpart, the head shaking horizontally, means 'no'.

Unicode name
head shaking vertically
Category
Smileys & emotion, Neutral and skeptical faces
Added
Emoji 15.1 in 2023
Code points
U+1F642 U+200D U+2195 U+FE0F
Keywords
head, nod, shaking, vertically, yes

How it looks

🙂‍↕️
Your device
Head shaking vertically emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Head shaking vertically emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Head shaking vertically 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. ↕️Up-down arrowU+2195 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 vertically”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “head shaking vertically”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “head shaking vertically”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “head shaking vertically”.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolcabeza asintiendoasentir, cabeza asintiendo, cabeza moviéndose verticalmente, sí
Françaistête secouée verticalementhochement de tête, oui, tête secouée verticalement
DeutschKopfnickenja, Kopfnicken, Nicken
Italianoscuotere la testa in senso verticaleannuire, scuotere la testa in senso verticale, sì
Portuguêscabeça balançando na verticalcabeça balançando na vertical, confirmação, sim
Nederlandshoofd dat verticaal beweegtbewegen, instemmen, ja, knikken, op en neer, verticaal
Svenskahuvud skakar vertikalthuvud, ja, nickar, skakar, vertikalt
Polskigłowa kiwająca się pionowogłowa kiwająca się pionowo, przytaknięcie, tak
Türkçedikey olarak sallanan yüzdikey olarak sallanan yüz, evet, onay
Русскийположительно качает головойда, кивок, подтверждение, положительно качает головой, согласие
Українськакивання головоюкивання головою, ствердження
Ελληνικάκεφάλι που κουνιέται κατακόρυφακαταφατικά, κεφάλι, κεφάλι που κουνιέται κατακόρυφα, ναι, νεύμα
العربيةرأس يهتز عمودياًرأس يهتز عمودياً, موافقة، نعم
עבריתמנענע ראש מלמעלה למטהכן, מנענע ראש מלמעלה למטה, נד
فارسیتکان دادن عمودی سرتکان دادن عمودی سر, تکان سر، بله
हिन्दीहामी भरने का इशारा करता हुआ सिरहां, हामी भरना, हामी भरने का इशारा करता हुआ सिर
বাংলাউপর নীচে মাথা নাড়ানোউপর নীচে মাথা নাড়ানো, মাথা নেড়ে, হ্যাঁ বলা
Bahasa Indonesiakepala menganggukangguk, kepala mengangguk, ya
Tiếng Việtgật đầucó, gật, gật đầu
ไทยพยักหน้าใช่, ผงกหัว, พยักหน้า, เห็นด้วย
日本語首を縦に振るはい, 頷く, 顔, 首を振る, 首を縦に振る
한국어끄덕끄덕고개를 끄덕이다, 긍정, 끄덕끄덕, 예, 주억거리다
中文(简体)上下点头上下点头, 点头,肯定
中文(繁體)上下點頭上下點頭, 點頭,是
Names in 91 more languages
Afrikaanskop wat vertikaal skud
Akanti woso kɔ vɛɛtikaa
Albaniankokë që tundet vertikalisht
Amharicራስ መንቀጥቀጥ አቀባዊ
Aniiakǝ nɖi atǝlǝ
Armenianուղղաձիգ ճոճվող գլուխ
Assameseউলম্বভাৱে মূৰ জোকাৰি থকা
Azerbaijanibaşı şaquli silkələmək
Bashkirвертикаль баш сайҡау
Basquebertikalki mugitzen ari den burua
Belarusianвертыкальна ківае галавой
Bosnianklima glavom
Bretonpenn o hejañ war-grecʼh ha war-draoñ
Bulgarianглава, която прави вертикални движения
Burmeseအထက်အောက် လှုပ်ယမ်းနေသောခေါင်း
Cantonese罨頭
Cantonese (Simplified)罨头
Catalancap que tremola verticalment
CherokeeᎤᏍᎫᏴᎢ
Chuvashкилӗшӳллӗн пуҫне сулкалать
Croatianokomito klimanje glavom
Czechkývání hlavou nahoru a dolů
Danishryster på hovedet lodret
Estonianpeanoogutus
European Portuguesecabeça a abanar de cima para baixo
Faroesenikkandi andlit
Filipinogumagalaw na mukha paayon
Finnishravistaa päätä pystysuunnassa
Fula (Adlam)𞤸𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤢 𞤸𞤮𞤸𞤪𞤫 𞤲𞤮 𞤻𞤭𞤱𞤤𞤭𞤪𞤭
Galiciancabeza abaneándose verticalmente
Georgianთავის დაქნევა
Gujaratiહકારમાં માથું હલાવવું
HausaGirgiza kai a tsaye
Hindi (Latin)oopar-neeche sir hilaana
Hungarianfüggőleges fejrázás
Icelandichristir höfuðið lóðrétt
Igboekwe n’isi site n’elu ga n’ala
Irishcroitheadh ceann go hingearach
Javanesemanthuk
Kannadaಲಂಬವಾಗಿ ತಲೆ ಅಲುಗಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು
Kazakhтігінен шайқалған бет
Kazakh (Arabic)تىگىنەن شايقالعان بەت
Khmerងក់ក្បាល
Konkaniतकली उबी थरथरता
Kyrgyzөйдөдөн ылдый ийилген жүз
Laoແກວ່ງຫົວແນວຕັ້ງ
Latviankrata galvu vertikāli
Liguriantesta ch’a scòlla in senso verticale
Lithuanianlinksintis galva
Lower Sorbianwoblico, kenž nyga
Macedonianклимнување со главата
Malaymengangguk kepala
Malayalamതല കുലുക്കുക
Marathiहोकारार्थी मान हलविणे
Mexican Spanishcabeza moviéndose verticalmente
Mongolianтолгойгоо хоёр тийш дохих
Nepaliठाडो तरिकाले टाउको हल्लाउँदै
Nigerian Pidginshek shék hẹd vatikali
Norwegiannikkende hode
Norwegian Nynorsknikkande hovud
Odiaଭୂଲମ୍ବ ଭାବରେ ମୁଣ୍ଡ ହଲାଇବା
Oromomataa oliif gadi raasuu
Pashtoسر په عمودی توګه لړزول
Punjabiਉੱਪਰ ਤੋਂ ਥੱਲੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਵੱਲ ਸਿਰ ਹਿਲਾਉਣਾ
Quechuavertical tapsiy umata
Romaniancap care se clatină pe verticală
Romanshdar dal chau
Scottish Gaeliccromadh-cinn
Serbianглава тресе вертикално
Serbian (Latin)glava trese vertikalno
Shanဝႆႁူဝ်ၶိုၼ်ႈလူင်း
Sindhiعمودي طور تي مٿو لوڌڻ
Sinhalaහිස සිරස් අතට සෙලවීම
Slovakprikyvujúca hlava
Sloveniannavpično premikanje glave
Somalimadax u luxida sida toosan
Spanish (United States)cara moviéndose verticalmente
Swahilikutikisa kichwa juu chini
Tamilமேலிருந்து கீழாக தலை அசைத்தல்
Teluguతలను నిలువుగా ఊపడం
Tigrinyaላዕሊን ታሕቲን ዘንቀጥቅጥ ገጽ
Tonganmata kamokamo
Turkmenaşak-ýokaryk sallanýan kelle
Upper Sorbianwobličo, kiž nyga
Urduہاں میں اوپر نیچے سر ہلاتا ہوا
Uzbekvertikal yo‘nalishda tebranayotgan yuz
Welshpen yn ysgwyd i fyny ac i lawr
Wolofyëngal sa bop ci anam gu taxaw
Yorubaorí mímì látòkè-sílẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)orí mímì látòkè-sílɛ̀
Zuluukunikina ikhanda phansi naphezulu

Codes

Code points
U+1F642 U+200D U+2195 U+FE0F
HTML
🙂‍↕️
CSS
\1F642\200D\2195\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F642}\u{200D}\u{2195}\u{FE0F}
Python
\U0001F642\u200D\u2195\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 99 82 E2 80 8D E2 86 95 EF B8 8F
UTF-16
D83D DE42 200D 2195 FE0F
URL encoded
%F0%9F%99%82%E2%80%8D%E2%86%95%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the 🙂‍↕️ head shaking vertically emoji mean?

A face shown nodding up and down, with motion lines. It means 'yes', agreement, approval or acknowledgment, and works as a friendly nonverbal nod to show you understand. Its counterpart, the head shaking horizontally, means 'no'.

How do I type the 🙂‍↕️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “head shaking vertically”. 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+2195 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🙂‍↕️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F642}\u{200D}\u{2195}\u{FE0F}.

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