# 🤦 Person facepalming emoji

🤦 Person facepalming is an emoji in the gestures set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: again, bewilder, disbelief, exasperation, facepalm and no.

- Emoji: 🤦
- Unicode name: person facepalming
- Code points: U+1F926
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :facepalm:
- Keywords: again, bewilder, disbelief, exasperation, facepalm, no, not, oh, omg, person, shock, smh
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-emoji

## What it means

A person pressing a palm to their forehead or face. Often paired with "smh" or "I can't believe this," it shows disbelief, exasperation, embarrassment or secondhand cringe, usually as a reaction to something silly or frustrating.

## Skin tones

- 🤦🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FB
- 🤦🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FC
- 🤦🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FD
- 🤦🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FE
- 🤦🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FF

## Emoji that include 🤦

- 🤦‍♂️ [Man facepalming](https://emojichart.com/man-facepalming-emoji.md)
- 🤦‍♀️ [Woman facepalming](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-emoji.md)

## How to type 🤦

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person facepalming”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person facepalming”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person facepalming”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person facepalming”.
- GitHub: Type :facepalm: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona con la mano en la frente | facepalm, frente, incredulidad, mano, persona con la mano en la frente |
| Français (fr) | personne avec la paume sur le visage | drame, exaspération, femme avec paume sur visage, geste, incrédulité, incroyable, j’en peux plus, main, pas possible, paume de main, personne, personne avec la paume sur le visage, visage |
| Deutsch (de) | sich an den Kopf fassende Person | fassen, frustriert, genervt, Gesicht, Kopf, oh nein, OMG, Person, unfassbar, unglaublich, verzweifelt |
| Italiano (it) | persona esasperata | disperazione, esasperazione, facepalm, incredulità, mano in fronte, oddio, oh no, persona, persona esasperata |
| Português (pt) | pessoa decepcionada | como assim, decepção, decepcionada, decepcionado, desapontamento, descrença, inacreditável, meu deus, não acredito, não é possível, pessoa, pessoa dececionada |
| Nederlands (nl) | persoon die het gezicht met de hand bedekt | ergernis, gebaar, gezicht, hand voor gezicht, niet opnieuw, ongeloof, ongelooflijk, palm, persoon, persoon die het gezicht met de hand bedekt, schaamte, zucht |
| Svenska (sv) | person som slår sig för pannan | ansikte, frustration, handflata, irritation, person som slår sig för pannan, slå sig för pannan |
| Polski (pl) | osoba trzymająca się za czoło | facepalm, fejspalm, niedowierzanie, osoba trzymająca się za czoło, osoba zakrywająca twarz dłonią, tylko nie to, załamanie, załamka |
| Türkçe (tr) | yüzünü eliyle kapama | aman tanrım, çileden çıkma, inanamıyorum, inanmama, inanmıyorum, kızgınlık, öfke, olamaz, şok, yüzünü eliyle kapama |
| Русский (ru) | человек потерял дар речи | надоело, нет, омг, позор, раздражение, слов, фейспалм, хватит |
| Українська (uk) | людина з долонею до обличчя | боже, обличчя, роздратування, розчарування, рука, рукалице, скільки можна, сором, фейспалм |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο αγανακτά | αγανάκτηση, άτομο αγανακτά, δυσπιστία, παλάμη, πρόσωπο |
| العربية (ar) | شخص محبط | أشخاص, إحباط, راحة يد, سخط, شخص محبط, صدمة, لا, لا أعتقد ذلك, ليس مجددًا, يا إلهي |
| עברית (he) | אישה עם יד על הפנים | אוי לא, אישה, הלם, זועמת, זעזוע, כועסת, לא יכול להיות, לא מאמינה |
| فارسی (fa) | با کف دست به پیشانی زدن | با کف دست به پیشانی زدن, تعجب, رنجش, زن, شوک, صورت, عصبانیت, کف دست, گذاشتن دست ها روی صورت, ناامیدی, ناباوری, وای نه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | माथे पर हाथ | अविश्वास, ओह माय गॉड, चेहरा, झुंझलाहट, पछतावा, फिर से नहीं, माथे पर हाथ, यकीन न करना, शॉक, हथेली |
| বাংলা (bn) | মাথায় হাত | অবিশ্বাস, বিরক্তি, বিস্মিত হওয়া, মাথায়, হতবাক, হাত, হায় আল্লাহ্‌, হায় ঈশ্বর, হায় ভগবান |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang tepuk jidat | astaga, cape deh, capedeh, capek deh, cewek tepuk jidat, frustrasi, gusar, kesal, oh tidak, orang tepuk jidat, tepuk dahi, tepuk jidat, tidak percaya, wanita tepuk jidat, yah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người lấy tay che mặt | hoài nghi, không tin nổi, lại nữa rồi, lòng bàn tay, mặt, người dùng tay che mặt, người lấy tay che mặt, tay che mặt, tức giận |
| ไทย (th) | หมดกัน | คน, งง, ช็อค, ตกใจ, โธ่, ผิดหวัง, ไม่นะ, เสียใจ, หมดกัน, เหลือเชื่อ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ひたいに手をあてる人 | 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人, またか, 人, 信じられない |
| 한국어 (ko) | 골치 아파하는 사람 | 골치 아파하는 사람, 당황, 맙소사, 분노, 불신, 세상에, 손바닥, 얼굴, 얼굴에 손바닥을 갖다 댐, 이럴 수가, 짜증 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 捂脸 | 人, 尴尬, 恼怒, 我的天哪, 扶额, 捂脸, 无语, 难以置信, 震惊 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 哦不 | 不敢相信, 哦不, 喔不, 噢不, 天啊, 怎麼會, 捂臉, 無言, 難以置信, 震驚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hand teen voorkop slaan
- Akan (ak): onipa de ne nsam ato n’anim
- Albanian (sq): fytyrë me pëllëmbë në ballë
- Amharic (am): ማዘን
- Armenian (hy): դեմքն ափով ծածկած անձ
- Assamese (as): মূৰত হাত দিয়া ব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): inanmaq olmur
- Bashkir (ba): йөҙөн ҡул менән ҡаплаусы кеше
- Basque (eu): esku-azpia aurpegian
- Belarusian (be): далонь на твары
- Bosnian (bs): osoba s rukom na čelu
- Breton (br): den gant an dorn war e zremm
- Bulgarian (bg): ръка върху лице
- Burmese (my): မျက်နှာလက်ဝါးဖြင့်အုပ်ထားသောရုပ်
- Cantonese (yue): 用手遮臉嘅人
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 用手遮脸嘅人
- Catalan (ca): persona amb la mà a la cara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎤᎧᏛᎢ ᎠᏓᏏᏔᏗᏍᎬᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 遮住塊面
- Chuvash (cv): ҫын сӑмах пултарулӑхне ҫухатнӑ
- Croatian (hr): lupanje dlanom o čelo
- Czech (cs): osoba chytající se za hlavu
- Danish (da): slå sig for panden
- Estonian (et): meeleheide
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa de palma na face
- Faroese (fo): vónbrotin persónur
- Filipino (fil): naka-facepalm
- Finnish (fi): peittää kasvot kädellä
- Galician (gl): incredulidade
- Georgian (ka): სახეზე ხელის აფარება
- Gujarati (gu): માથા ઉપર હાથ દેવો
- Hausa (ha): mutum nunawa kunya
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): face par palm rakhe hua vyakti
- Hungarian (hu): kézbe temetett arc
- Icelandic (is): hönd fyrir andlit
- Igbo (ig): onye na-ezo ihu ya èzo
- Irish (ga): duine lena aghaidh ina bhos
- Javanese (jv): wong anutup raine mawa dlamakan
- Kalaallisut (kl): facepalm
- Kannada (kn): ಮುಖಮಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು
- Kazakh (kk): бетін қолмен жапқан адам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بەتىن قولمەن جاپقان ادام
- Khmer (km): ខ្ទប់មុខ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu wifash mu maso
- Konkani (kok): कपलाचेर हात मारपी व्यक्ती
- Kyrgyz (ky): сөз жок ишараты
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq k’o uq’ab’ chi upalaj
- Lao (lo): ມືກ່າຍໜ້າ
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks ar saķertu galvu
- Lithuanian (lt): o varge
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se za głowu pśimjeca wósoba
- Luxembourgish (lb): Persoun, déi sech d’Hand widder de Kapp schléit
- Macedonian (mk): неверување
- Malay (ms): tepuk dahi
- Malayalam (ml): തലയിൽ കൈവയ്ക്കൽ
- Maltese (mt): persuna tagħmel facepalm
- Marathi (mr): कपाळाला हात
- Mongolian (mn): нүүр лүү алгадах
- Māori (mi): tangata ringakanohi
- Nepali (ne): चिन्तित
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Ték Wọ́n Hand Kọ́vá Im Fes
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho yo a emišago ka seatla
- Norwegian (no): slår hånden mot pannen
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): slår handa mot panna
- Odia (or): ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ମୁହଁରେ ପାପୁଲି ମାରୁଛନ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): nama barruun fuula qabate
- Pashto (ps): شخص تندي ته ټک ورکوی
- Punjabi (pa): ਉਫ ਹੋ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہتھ منہ اوتے رکھدا بندہ
- Quechua (qu): runa makian uyapi
- Romanian (ro): persoană care își acoperă fața cu o palmă
- Romansh (rm): persuna cun la palma-maun sin la fatscha
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach le aodann na làmhan
- Serbian (sr): шака о чело
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): šaka o čelo
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းတူမ်းၼႃႈ
- Sindhi (sd): شخص جو نراڙ تي هٿ ڏيڻ
- Sinhala (si): මුහුණේ අල්ල ගසා සිටීම
- Slovak (sk): človek chytajúci sa za hlavu
- Slovenian (sl): oseba z dlanjo na obrazu
- Somali (so): qof calaacal waji saaranaya
- Swahili (sw): ishara ya kutoamini
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки рӯяшро бо дастонаш пӯшида истодааст
- Tamil (ta): விரக்தி
- Telugu (te): తల కొట్టుకుంటున్న వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ኢዱ አብ ገጹ ምግባር
- Tongan (to): tokotaha nima ʻihe mata
- Tswana (tn): motho ka legofi mo sefatlhegong
- Turkmen (tk): elini maňlaýyna urýan adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba, kiž so za hłowu přimnje
- Urdu (ur): پیشانی پر ہاتھ
- Uyghur (ug): يۈزىنى تۇتقان كىشى
- Uzbek (uz): boshqa gapim yo‘q
- Welsh (cy): cledr i’r wyneb
- Wolof (wo): nit ku taf loxo ci kanamam
- Xhosa (xh): umntu ogqume ubuso ngezandla
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni Fọwọ Boju
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni Fɔwɔ Boju
- Zulu (zu): ukuzifihla

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F926` |
| HTML | `🤦` |
| CSS | `\1F926` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F926}` |
| Python | `\U0001F926` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 A6` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD26` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%A6` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤦 person facepalming emoji mean?

A person pressing a palm to their forehead or face. Often paired with "smh" or "I can't believe this," it shows disbelief, exasperation, embarrassment or secondhand cringe, usually as a reaction to something silly or frustrating.

### How do I type the 🤦 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “person 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 :facepalm:.

### When was the 🤦 emoji added?

🤦 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🤦?

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

### Does 🤦 come in different skin tones?

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

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-emoji