🤦‍♂️U+1F926 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

Man facepalming emoji

Q: When was the 🤦♂️ emoji added?

🤦♂️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

Q: What is the Unicode code point for 🤦♂️?

U+1F926 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤦♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F926}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

Q: Does 🤦♂️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🤦🏻♂️ light, 🤦🏼♂️ medium-light, 🤦🏽♂️ medium, 🤦🏾♂️ medium-dark and 🤦🏿♂️ dark.

Depicts a man with his hand over his face in disbelief. It appears in reactions to a mistake, a foolish move or bad news, saying "that was embarrassing" or "here we go again" without a word.

Unicode name: man facepalming
Category: People & body, Gestures
Added: Emoji 4.0 in 2016
Code points: U+1F926 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Shortcode: :man_facepalming:
Keywords: again, bewilder, disbelief, exasperation, facepalm, man, no, not, oh, omg, shock, smh

How it looks

🤦‍♂️

Your device

Noto Color Emoji

Twemoji

OpenMoji

Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

What it's made of

🤦‍♂️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

🤦Person facepalmingU+1F926
Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
♂️Male signU+2642 U+FE0F
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 “man facepalming”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man facepalming”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man facepalming”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man facepalming”.
GitHub: Type :man_facepalming: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	hombre con la mano en la frente	facepalm, frente, hombre con la mano en la frente, incredulidad, mano
Français	homme avec la paume sur le visage	encore, exaspération, homme, homme avec la paume sur le visage, incrédulité, incroyable, main sur le visage, oh non, oubli, paume, personne
Deutsch	sich an den Kopf fassender Mann	fassen, frustriert, genervt, Gesicht, Kopf, Mann, oh nein, OMG, unfassbar, unglaublich, verzweifelt
Italiano	uomo esasperato	esasperato, esasperazione, facepalm, figuraccia, gesto, imbarazzo, incredulo, non ci credo, oddio, persona, uomo
Português	homem decepcionado	como assim, decepção, decepcionado, desapontamento, homem, inacreditável, meu deus, não acredito, não é possível
Nederlands	man die het gezicht met de hand bedekt	ergernis, facepalm, gebaar, gezicht bedekken, man, man die het gezicht met de hand bedekt, omg, ongeloof, ongelooflijk, persoon, schaamte
Svenska	man som slår sig för pannan	facepalm, frustration, irritation, man, man som slår sig för pannan
Polski	mężczyzna trzymający się za czoło	brak słów, facepalm, irytacja, mężczyzna, mężczyzna trzymający się za czoło, nie, niedowierzanie, osoba, szok, załamka
Türkçe	eliyle yüzünü kapatan erkek	adam, aman tanrım, çileden çıkma, eliyle yüzünü kapatan erkek, erkek, inanamıyorum, inanmama, öfke, olamaz, sinir, utancından eliyle yüzünü kapatma, utanma
Русский	мужчина потерял дар речи	мужчина, надоело, нет, омг, позор, раздражение, слов, фейспалм, хватит
Українська	чоловік із долонею до обличчя	не може бути, о боже, рука, рукалице, скільки можна, сором, фейспалм, чоловік, чоловік із долонею до обличчя, що підносить долоню до обличчя
Ελληνικά	άντρας αγανακτά	αγανάκτηση, άντρας, άντρας αγανακτά, δυσπιστία, έλεος, Θέε μου, όχι πάλι, παλάμη στο πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο, χειρονομία, ωχ
العربية	رجل يشعر بإحباط	أشخاص, إحباط, السخط, رجل, رجل يشعر بإحباط, صدمة, عدم تصديق, لا, لا أصدق, ليس مجددًا, وضع اليد على الوجه, يا إلهي
עברית	גבר מתוסכל	אדם, אוי לא, אין מצב, איש, גבר, לא מאמין, לא עוד פעם, נו באמת, תסכול
فارسی	مرد با کف دست به پیشانی می‌زند	افتضاح, ای وای, با کف دست به پیشانی زدن, خجالت, دست, شوک, صورت, کف دست, گذاشتن دست‌ها روی صورت, مرد, مستأصل, ناامید, ناباور
हिन्दी	माथे पर हाथ रखा हुआ पुरुष	अविश्वास, आदमी, ओह माय गॉड, क्रोध, परेशान आदमी, पुरुष, माथे पर हाथ, माथे पर हाथ रखा हुआ पुरुष, माथे पे हाथ, शॉक
বাংলা	ছেলেদের কপালে হাত	অবিশ্বাস, ওহ না, কপালে হাত, কষ্ট পাওয়া, ক্রোধ, ছেলে, ছেলেদের কপালে হাত, পুরুষ, মাথায় হাত, হতবাক, হায় আল্লাহ্‌, হায় ঈশ্বর, হায় ভগবান
Bahasa Indonesia	pria tepuk jidat	cape deh, gusar, isyarat, jidat, kesal, laki-laki, letih, oh tidak, pria, pria tepuk jidat, sangsi, tangan, tepuk jidat, tidak percaya
Tiếng Việt	người đàn ông lấy tay che mặt	hoài nghi, không tin nổi, lắc đầu, lại nữa rồi, nam, người đàn ông lấy tay che mặt, người lấy tay che mặt, tay che mặt, thở dài thườn thượt, tức giận
ไทย	ผู้ชายเอามือก่ายหน้าผาก	กุมขมับ, งง, ช็อค, ตกใจ, โธ่, ผิดหวัง, ผู้ชาย, ไม่นะ, เสียใจ, เหลือเชื่อ
日本語	ひたいに手をあてる男	あちゃー, うそでしょ, ジェスチャー, ショック, ひたいに手, ひたいに手をあてる男, またか, 信じられない, 男, 男性
한국어	골치 아파하는 남자	골치 아파하는 남자, 남자, 당황, 맙소사, 분노, 세상에, 손바닥, 얼굴에 손바닥을 갖다 댐, 이럴 수가, 이마에 손, 짜증
中文（简体）	男生捂脸	尴尬, 恼怒, 我的天哪, 扶额, 捂脸, 无奈, 无语, 男, 男子捂脸, 男生捂脸, 难以置信, 震惊
中文（繁體）	男生遮臉	不敢相信, 喔不, 噢不, 天啊, 完了, 拜託不要, 捂臉, 無言, 男生遮臉, 難以置信

Names in 100 more languages

Afrikaans	man slaan hand teen voorkop
Akan	barima de ne nsam ato n’anim
Albanian	burrë që vë dorën në kokë
Amharic	ወንድ ፊት መቅላት
Armenian	տղամարդը կորցրել է խոսելու ունակությունը
Assamese	মূৰত হাত দিয়া পুৰুষ
Azerbaijani	üzünü tutan kişi
Bashkir	йөҙөн ҡул менән ҡаплаусы ир-ат
Basque	esku-azpia aurpegian duen gizona
Belarusian	мужчына з далонню на твары
Bosnian	muškarac s rukom na čelu
Breton	paotr gant an dorn war e zremm
Bulgarian	мъж с ръка върху лицето
Burmese	မျက်နှာကို လက်ဝါးဖြင့်အုပ်ထားသူ အမျိုးသား
Cantonese	用手遮臉嘅男人
Cantonese (Simplified)	用手遮脸嘅男人
Catalan	home amb la mà a la cara
Cherokee	ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᎧᏛᎢ ᎠᏓᏏᏔᏗᏍᎬᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	遮住面嘅男人
Chuvash	арҫын сӑмах пултарулӑхне ҫухатрӗ
Croatian	muškarac lupa dlanom o čelo
Czech	muž chytající se za hlavu
Danish	mand slår sig for panden
Estonian	käega vastu pead lööv mees
European Portuguese	homem de palma na face
Faroese	vónbrotin maður
Filipino	lalaking naka-facepalm
Finnish	kasvonsa kädellä peittävä mies
Galician	home facendo xesto de incredulidade
Georgian	სახეზე ხელაფარებული კაცი
Gujarati	માથા ઉપર હાથ દેતો પુરુષ
Hausa	namiji nunawa kunya
Hindi (Latin)	face par palm rakhe hua aadmi
Hungarian	arcát a kezébe temető férfi
Icelandic	maður með hönd fyrir andlit
Igbo	nwoke na-ezo ihu ya èzo
Irish	fear lena aghaidh ina bhos
Javanese	wong lanang anutup raine mawa dlamakan
Kalaallisut	mand slår sig for panden
Kannada	ಮುಖಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ
Kazakh	айтуға сөз таппай тұрған ер
Kazakh (Arabic)	ايتۋعا ءسوز تاپپاي تۇرعان ەر
Khmer	បុរសខ្ទប់មុខ
Kinyarwanda	umugabo ushyize ikiganza mu maso
Konkani	कपलाचेर हात मारपी दादलो
Kyrgyz	бетин кармаган эркек
Kʼicheʼ	achi ktajin kuya’ uq’ab’ chi upalaj
Lao	ຜູ້ຊາຍເອົາມືກ່າຍປິດໜ້າ
Latvian	vīrietis ar saķertu galvu
Ligurian	òmmo esasperou
Lithuanian	susierzinęs vyras
Lower Sorbian	se za głowu pśimjecy muski
Luxembourgish	Mann, deen sech d’Hand widder de Kapp schléit
Macedonian	маж и неверување
Malay	lelaki menepuk muka
Malayalam	തലയിൽ കൈവയ്ക്കുന്നയാൾ
Maltese	raġel jagħmel facepalming
Marathi	कपाळाला हात लावलेला पुरुष
Mongolian	урам хугарч буй эрэгтэй
Māori	tāne ringakanohi
Nepali	चिन्तित छोरामान्छे
Nigerian Pidgin	Man Wé Ték Wọ́n Hand Kọ́vá Im Fes
Northern Sotho	monna o beile seatla sefahlegong
Norwegian	mann som slår hånden mot pannen
Norwegian Nynorsk	mann som slår handa mot panna
Odia	ପୁରୁଷ ମୁହଁରେ ପାପୁଲି ମାରୁଛନ୍ତି
Oromo	dhiira barruun fuula qabate
Pashto	سړی تندي ته ټک ورکوی
Punjabi	ਮੱਥੇ ’ਤੇ ਹੱਥ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼
Punjabi (Arabic)	منہ اوتے ہتھ رکھدا بندہ
Quechua	tata makiwan uyapi
Romanian	bărbat care își acoperă fața cu o palmă
Romansh	um cun la palma-maun sin la fatscha
Scottish Gaelic	duine le aodann na làmhan
Serbian	мушкарац с руком на челу
Serbian (Latin)	muškarac s rukom na čelu
Shan	ၽူႈၸၢႆးတူမ်းၼႃႈ
Sindhi	ماڻهو جو نراڙ تي هٿ ڏيڻ
Sinhala	මුහුණේ අල්ල ගසා සිටින මිනිසා
Slovak	muž chytajúci sa za hlavu
Slovenian	moški, ki obraz prekriva z dlanjo
Somali	nin calaacal waji saaranaya
Swahili	mwanamume anayeashiria kutoamini
Tajik	марде, ки рӯяшро бо дастонаш пӯшида истодааст
Tamil	விரக்தியடைந்த ஆண்
Telugu	తల కొట్టుకుంటున్న పురుషుడు
Tigrinya	ሰብአይ ገጹ ሒዙ
Tongan	tangata nima ʻihe mata
Tswana	monna ka legofi mo sefatlhegong
Turkmen	elini maňlaýyna urýan erkek
Upper Sorbian	muž, kiž so za hłowu přimnje
Urdu	شرمندگی ظاہر کرتا ہوا مرد
Uyghur	يۈزىنى تۇتقان ئەر
Uzbek	erkak yuzini berkitmoqda
Welsh	dyn yn codi cledr i’w wyneb
Wolof	góor gu taf loxo ci kanamam
Xhosa	indoda egqume ubuso ngezandla
Yoruba	ọkùnrin tín fọwọ́bojú
Yoruba (Benin)	ɔkùnrin tín fɔwɔ́bojú
Zulu	ukuzifihla kowesilisa

Codes

Code points: U+1F926 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
HTML: 🤦‍♂️
CSS: \1F926\200D\2642\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F926}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python: \U0001F926\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A4 A6 E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
UTF-16: D83E DD26 200D 2642 FE0F
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A4%A6%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the 🤦‍♂️ man facepalming emoji mean?

Depicts a man with his hand over his face in disbelief. It appears in reactions to a mistake, a foolish move or bad news, saying "that was embarrassing" or "here we go again" without a word.

How do I type the 🤦‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man facepalming”. 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 :man_facepalming:.

When was the 🤦‍♂️ emoji added?

🤦‍♂️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

What is the Unicode code point for 🤦‍♂️?

U+1F926 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤦‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F926}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

Does 🤦‍♂️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🤦🏻‍♂️ light, 🤦🏼‍♂️ medium-light, 🤦🏽‍♂️ medium, 🤦🏾‍♂️ medium-dark and 🤦🏿‍♂️ dark.