# 🙂‍↕️ Head shaking vertically emoji

🙂‍↕️ Head shaking vertically is an emoji in the neutral and skeptical faces set of Smileys & emotion. It was added in Emoji 15.1 in 2023. Related words: nod and yes.

- Emoji: 🙂‍↕️
- Unicode name: head shaking vertically
- Code points: U+1F642 U+200D U+2195 U+FE0F
- Category: Smileys & emotion, Neutral and skeptical faces
- Added: Emoji 15.1 (2023)
- Keywords: head, nod, shaking, vertically, yes
- Page: https://emojichart.com/head-shaking-vertically-emoji

## What it means

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'.

## 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. ↕️ [Up-down arrow](https://emojichart.com/up-down-arrow-emoji.md) (U+2195 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 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cabeza asintiendo | asentir, cabeza asintiendo, cabeza moviéndose verticalmente, sí |
| Français (fr) | tête secouée verticalement | hochement de tête, oui, tête secouée verticalement |
| Deutsch (de) | Kopfnicken | ja, Kopfnicken, Nicken |
| Italiano (it) | scuotere la testa in senso verticale | annuire, scuotere la testa in senso verticale, sì |
| Português (pt) | cabeça balançando na vertical | cabeça balançando na vertical, confirmação, sim |
| Nederlands (nl) | hoofd dat verticaal beweegt | bewegen, instemmen, ja, knikken, op en neer, verticaal |
| Svenska (sv) | huvud skakar vertikalt | huvud, ja, nickar, skakar, vertikalt |
| Polski (pl) | głowa kiwająca się pionowo | głowa kiwająca się pionowo, przytaknięcie, tak |
| Türkçe (tr) | dikey olarak sallanan yüz | dikey olarak sallanan yüz, evet, onay |
| Русский (ru) | положительно качает головой | да, кивок, подтверждение, положительно качает головой, согласие |
| Українська (uk) | кивання головою | кивання головою, ствердження |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κεφάλι που κουνιέται κατακόρυφα | καταφατικά, κεφάλι, κεφάλι που κουνιέται κατακόρυφα, ναι, νεύμα |
| العربية (ar) | رأس يهتز عمودياً | رأس يهتز عمودياً, موافقة، نعم |
| עברית (he) | מנענע ראש מלמעלה למטה | כן, מנענע ראש מלמעלה למטה, נד |
| فارسی (fa) | تکان دادن عمودی سر | تکان دادن عمودی سر, تکان سر، بله |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हामी भरने का इशारा करता हुआ सिर | हां, हामी भरना, हामी भरने का इशारा करता हुआ सिर |
| বাংলা (bn) | উপর নীচে মাথা নাড়ানো | উপর নীচে মাথা নাড়ানো, মাথা নেড়ে, হ্যাঁ বলা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kepala mengangguk | angguk, kepala mengangguk, ya |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | gật đầu | có, gật, gật đầu |
| ไทย (th) | พยักหน้า | ใช่, ผงกหัว, พยักหน้า, เห็นด้วย |
| 日本語 (ja) | 首を縦に振る | はい, 頷く, 顔, 首を振る, 首を縦に振る |
| 한국어 (ko) | 끄덕끄덕 | 고개를 끄덕이다, 긍정, 끄덕끄덕, 예, 주억거리다 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 上下点头 | 上下点头, 点头，肯定 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 上下點頭 | 上下點頭, 點頭，是 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kop wat vertikaal skud
- Akan (ak): ti woso kɔ vɛɛtikaa
- Albanian (sq): kokë që tundet vertikalisht
- Amharic (am): ራስ መንቀጥቀጥ አቀባዊ
- Anii (blo): akǝ nɖi atǝlǝ
- Armenian (hy): ուղղաձիգ ճոճվող գլուխ
- Assamese (as): উলম্বভাৱে মূৰ জোকাৰি থকা
- Azerbaijani (az): başı şaquli silkələmək
- Bashkir (ba): вертикаль баш сайҡау
- Basque (eu): bertikalki mugitzen ari den burua
- Belarusian (be): вертыкальна ківае галавой
- Bosnian (bs): klima glavom
- Breton (br): penn o hejañ war-grecʼh ha war-draoñ
- Bulgarian (bg): глава, която прави вертикални движения
- Burmese (my): အထက်အောက် လှုပ်ယမ်းနေသောခေါင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 罨頭
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 罨头
- Catalan (ca): cap que tremola verticalment
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏍᎫᏴᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): килӗшӳллӗн пуҫне сулкалать
- Croatian (hr): okomito klimanje glavom
- Czech (cs): kývání hlavou nahoru a dolů
- Danish (da): ryster på hovedet lodret
- Estonian (et): peanoogutus
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cabeça a abanar de cima para baixo
- Faroese (fo): nikkandi andlit
- Filipino (fil): gumagalaw na mukha paayon
- Finnish (fi): ravistaa päätä pystysuunnassa
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤸𞤢𞤴𞤤𞤢 𞤸𞤮𞤸𞤪𞤫 𞤲𞤮 𞤻𞤭𞤱𞤤𞤭𞤪𞤭
- Galician (gl): cabeza abaneándose verticalmente
- Georgian (ka): თავის დაქნევა
- Gujarati (gu): હકારમાં માથું હલાવવું
- Hausa (ha): Girgiza kai a tsaye
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): oopar-neeche sir hilaana
- Hungarian (hu): függőleges fejrázás
- Icelandic (is): hristir höfuðið lóðrétt
- Igbo (ig): ekwe n’isi site n’elu ga n’ala
- Irish (ga): croitheadh ceann go hingearach
- Javanese (jv): manthuk
- Kannada (kn): ಲಂಬವಾಗಿ ತಲೆ ಅಲುಗಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು
- Kazakh (kk): тігінен шайқалған бет
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تىگىنەن شايقالعان بەت
- Khmer (km): ងក់ក្បាល
- Konkani (kok): तकली उबी थरथरता
- Kyrgyz (ky): өйдөдөн ылдый ийилген жүз
- Lao (lo): ແກວ່ງຫົວແນວຕັ້ງ
- Latvian (lv): krata galvu vertikāli
- Ligurian (lij): testa ch’a scòlla in senso verticale
- Lithuanian (lt): linksintis galva
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): woblico, kenž nyga
- Macedonian (mk): климнување со главата
- Malay (ms): mengangguk kepala
- Malayalam (ml): തല കുലുക്കുക
- Marathi (mr): होकारार्थी मान हलविणे
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): cabeza moviéndose verticalmente
- Mongolian (mn): толгойгоо хоёр тийш дохих
- Nepali (ne): ठाडो तरिकाले टाउको हल्लाउँदै
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): shek shék hẹd vatikali
- Norwegian (no): nikkende hode
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): nikkande hovud
- Odia (or): ଭୂଲମ୍ବ ଭାବରେ ମୁଣ୍ଡ ହଲାଇବା
- Oromo (om): mataa oliif gadi raasuu
- Pashto (ps): سر په عمودی توګه لړزول
- Punjabi (pa): ਉੱਪਰ ਤੋਂ ਥੱਲੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਵੱਲ ਸਿਰ ਹਿਲਾਉਣਾ
- Quechua (qu): vertical tapsiy umata
- Romanian (ro): cap care se clatină pe verticală
- Romansh (rm): dar dal chau
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cromadh-cinn
- Serbian (sr): глава тресе вертикално
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): glava trese vertikalno
- Shan (shn): ဝႆႁူဝ်ၶိုၼ်ႈလူင်း
- Sindhi (sd): عمودي طور تي مٿو لوڌڻ
- Sinhala (si): හිස සිරස් අතට සෙලවීම
- Slovak (sk): prikyvujúca hlava
- Slovenian (sl): navpično premikanje glave
- Somali (so): madax u luxida sida toosan
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): cara moviéndose verticalmente
- Swahili (sw): kutikisa kichwa juu chini
- Tamil (ta): மேலிருந்து கீழாக தலை அசைத்தல்
- Telugu (te): తలను నిలువుగా ఊపడం
- Tigrinya (ti): ላዕሊን ታሕቲን ዘንቀጥቅጥ ገጽ
- Tongan (to): mata kamokamo
- Turkmen (tk): aşak-ýokaryk sallanýan kelle
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wobličo, kiž nyga
- Urdu (ur): ہاں میں اوپر نیچے سر ہلاتا ہوا
- Uzbek (uz): vertikal yo‘nalishda tebranayotgan yuz
- Welsh (cy): pen yn ysgwyd i fyny ac i lawr
- Wolof (wo): yëngal sa bop ci anam gu taxaw
- Yoruba (yo): orí mímì látòkè-sílẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): orí mímì látòkè-sílɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukunikina ikhanda phansi naphezulu

## Codes

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