🤦‍♀️U+1F926 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

Woman 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+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤦♀️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F926}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}.

Q: Does 🤦♀️ come in different skin tones?

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

A woman covering her face with her hand in dismay. Exasperation, disbelief, embarrassment and the feeling behind "not again" or "oh no" all fit, as do reactions to something silly.

Unicode name: woman facepalming
Category: People & body, Gestures
Added: Emoji 4.0 in 2016
Code points: U+1F926 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
Shortcode: :woman_facepalming:
Keywords: again, bewilder, disbelief, exasperation, facepalm, no, not, oh, omg, shock, smh, woman

How it looks

🤦‍♀️

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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
♀️Female signU+2640 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 “woman facepalming”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “woman facepalming”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “woman facepalming”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “woman facepalming”.
GitHub: Type :woman_facepalming: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	mujer con la mano en la frente	facepalm, frente, incredulidad, mano, mujer con la mano en la frente
Français	femme avec la paume sur le visage	encore, exaspération, femme, femme avec la paume sur le visage, incrédulité, incroyable, j’y crois pas, main sur le visage, oh non, oubli, paume, personne
Deutsch	sich an den Kopf fassende Frau	fassen, Frau, frustriert, genervt, Gesicht, Kopf, oh nein, OMG, unfassbar, unglaublich, verzweifelt
Italiano	donna esasperata	donna, esasperata, esasperazione, figuraccia, gesto, imbarazzo, incredula, mano sul viso, non ci credo, oddio, persona
Português	mulher decepcionada	como assim, decepção, decepcionada, desapontamento, inacreditável, meu deus, mulher, não acredito, não é possível
Nederlands	vrouw die het gezicht met de hand bedekt	ergernis, facepalm, gebaar, gezicht bedekken, omg, ongeloof, ongelooflijk, persoon, schaamte, vrouw, vrouw die het gezicht met de hand bedekt
Svenska	kvinna som slår sig för pannan	facepalm, frustration, irritation, kvinna, kvinna som slår sig för pannan
Polski	kobieta trzymająca się za czoło	brak słów, facepalm, fejspalm, irytacja, kobieta, kobieta trzymająca się za czoło, nie, niedowierzanie, omg, osoba, załamka, zrezygnowanie
Türkçe	eliyle yüzünü kapatan kadın	aman tanrım, çileden çıkma, el, eliyle yüzünü kapatan kadın, inanamıyorum, inanmama, kadın, öfke, olamaz, sinir, utanç, utancından eliyle yüzünü kapatma
Русский	женщина потеряла дар речи	женщина, надоело, нет, омг, позор, раздражение, слов, фейспалм, хватит
Українська	жінка, що підносить долоню до обличчя	не може бути, о боже, розчарування, рука, рукалице, скільки можна, сором, фейспалм
Ελληνικά	γυναίκα αγανακτά	αγανάκτηση, γυναίκα, γυναίκα αγανακτά, δυσπιστία, έλεος, Θέε μου, όχι πάλι, παλάμη στο πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο, χειρονομία, ωχ
العربية	سيدة تشعر بإحباط	أشخاص, إحباط, السخط, امرأة, حيرة, سيدة تشعر بإحباط, صدمة, عدم تصديق, لا, ليس مجددًا, يا إلهي
עברית	אישה מתוסכלת	אדם, אוי לא, אין מצב, אישה, בהלם, לא מאמינה, לא עוד פעם, נו באמת, תסכול
فارسی	زن با کف دست به پیشانی می‌زند	افتضاح, ای وای, با کف دست به پیشانی زدن, باورم نمیشه, باورم نمی‌شود, خجالت دارد, دست, زن, زن با کف دست به پیشانی می‌زند, زن مستأصل, شوک, صورت, کف دست, گذاشتن دست ها روی صورت, ناامیدی
हिन्दी	माथे पर हाथ रखी हुई महिला	अविश्वास, ओह माय गॉड, क्रोध, परेशान महिला, महिला, माथे पर हाथ, माथे पर हाथ रखी हुई महिला, माथे पे हाथ, शॉक, हैरानी
বাংলা	মেয়েদের কপালে হাত	অবিশ্বাস, ওহ না, কপালে হাত, কষ্ট পাওয়া, ক্রোধ, মহিলা, মাথায় হাত, মেয়ে, মেয়েদের কপালে হাত, সন্দেহ, হতবাক, হায় আল্লাহ্‌, হায় ঈশ্বর, হায় ভগবান
Bahasa Indonesia	wanita tepuk jidat	cape deh, isyarat, jidat, kesal, letih, oh tidak, perempuan, sangsi, tangan, tepuk dahi, tepuk jidat, wanita, wanita tepuk jidat
Tiếng Việt	người phụ nữ lấy tay che mặt	hoài nghi, không tin nổi, lắc đầu, lại nữa rồi, người lấy tay che mặt, người phụ nữ lấy tay che mặt, nữ, tay che mặt, thở dài thườn thượt, tức giận
ไทย	ผู้หญิงเอามือก่ายหน้าผาก	กุมขมับ, งง, ช็อค, ตกใจ, โธ่, ผิดหวัง, ผู้หญิง, ไม่นะ, เสียใจ, เหลือเชื่อ
日本語	ひたいに手をあてる女	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女, またか, 信じられない, 女, 女性
한국어	골치 아파하는 여자	골치 아파하는 여자, 당황, 맙소사, 분노, 세상에, 손바닥, 얼굴에 손바닥을 갖다 댐, 여자, 이럴 수가, 이마에 손, 짜증
中文（简体）	女生捂脸	女, 女子捂脸, 女生捂脸, 尴尬, 恼怒, 我的天哪, 扶额, 捂脸, 无奈, 无语, 难以置信, 震惊
中文（繁體）	女生遮臉	不敢相信, 喔不, 噢不, 天啊, 女, 女生遮臉, 捂臉, 無言, 難以置信, 震驚

Names in 102 more languages

Afrikaans	vrou slaan hand teen voorkop
Akan	ɔbaa de ne nsa rebɔ n’anim
Albanian	grua që vë dorën në kokë
Amharic	ሴት ፊት መቅላት
Armenian	կինը կորցրել է խոսելու ունակությունը
Assamese	মূৰত হাত দি থকা মহিলা
Azerbaijani	üzünü tutan qadın
Bashkir	йөҙөн ҡул менән ҡаплаусы ҡатын-ҡыҙ
Basque	esku-azpia aurpegian duen emakumea
Belarusian	жанчына з далонню на твары
Bosnian	žena s rukom na čelu
Breton	placʼh gant an dorn war he dremm
Bulgarian	жена с ръка върху лицето
Burmese	မျက်နှာကို လက်ဝါးဖြင့်အုပ်ထားသူ အမျိုးသမီး
Canadian French	femme avec paume de la main sur le visage
Cantonese	用手遮臉嘅女人
Cantonese (Simplified)	用手遮脸嘅女人
Catalan	dona amb la mà a la cara
Cherokee	ᎠᎨᏯ ᎤᎧᏛᎢ ᎠᏓᏏᏔᏗᏍᎬᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	遮住面嘅女人
Chuvash	хӗрарӑм сӑмах пултарулӑхне ҫухатрӗ
Croatian	žena lupa dlanom o čelo
Czech	žena chytající se za hlavu
Danish	kvinde slår sig for panden
Estonian	käega vastu pead lööv naine
European Portuguese	mulher de palma na face
Faroese	vónbrotin kvinna
Filipino	babaeng naka-facepalm
Finnish	kasvonsa kädellä peittävä nainen
Galician	muller facendo xesto de incredulidade
Georgian	სახეზე ხელაფარებული ქალი
Gujarati	માથા ઉપર હાથ દેતી સ્ત્રી
Hausa	mace nunawa kunya
Hindi (Latin)	face par palm rakhe huye mahila
Hungarian	arcát a kezébe temető nő
Icelandic	kona með hönd fyrir andlit
Igbo	nwanyị na-ezo ihu ya èzo
Irish	bean lena haghaidh ina bos
Javanese	wong wadon anutup raine mawa dlamakan
Kalaallisut	kvinde slår sig for panden
Kannada	ಮುಖಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ
Kazakh	айтуға сөз таппай тұрған әйел
Kazakh (Arabic)	ايتۋعا ءسوز تاپپاي تۇرعان ايەل
Khmer	នារីខ្ទប់មុខ
Kinyarwanda	umugore ushyize ikiganza mu maso
Konkani	कपलाचेर हात मारपी बायल
Kyrgyz	бетин кармаган аял
Kʼicheʼ	ixoq ktajin kuya’ uq’ab’ chi upalaj
Lao	ຜູ້ຍິງເອົາມືກ່າຍປິດໜ້າ
Latvian	sieviete ar saķertu galvu
Ligurian	dònna esasperâ
Lithuanian	susierzinusi moteris
Lower Sorbian	se za głowu pśimjeca žeńska
Luxembourgish	Fra, déi sech d’Hand widder de Kapp schléit
Macedonian	жена и неверување
Malay	perempuan menepuk muka
Malayalam	തലയിൽ കൈവയ്ക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ
Maltese	mara tagħmel facepalming
Marathi	कपाळाला हात लावलेली महिला
Mongolian	урам хугарч буй эмэгтэй
Māori	wahine ringakanohi
Nepali	चिन्तित छोरीमान्छे
Nigerian Pidgin	Wúman Ték Wọ́n Hand Kọ́vá Im Fes
Northern Sotho	mosadi a beile bokagare bja seatla
Norwegian	kvinne som slår hånden mot pannen
Norwegian Nynorsk	kvinne som slår handa mot panna
Odia	ମହିଳା ମୁହଁରେ ପାପୁଲି ମାରୁଛନ୍ତି
Oromo	dubartii barruun fuula qabatte
Pashto	ښځه تندي ته ټک ورکوی
Punjabi	ਮੱਥੇ ’ਤੇ ਹੱਥ ਰੱਖਦੀ ਇਸਤਰੀ
Punjabi (Arabic)	منہ اوتے ہتھ رکھدی زنانی
Quechua	warmi makian uyapi
Romanian	femeie care își acoperă fața cu o palmă
Romansh	dunna cun la palma-maun sin la fatscha
Scottish Gaelic	boireannach le aodann na làmhan
Serbian	жена с руком на челу
Serbian (Latin)	žena s rukom na čelu
Shan	ၽူႈယိင်းတူမ်းၼႃႈ
Sindhi	عورت جو نراڙ تي هٿ ڏيڻ
Sinhala	මුහුණේ අල්ල ගසා සිටින කාන්තාව
Slovak	žena chytajúca sa za hlavu
Slovenian	ženska, ki obraz prekriva z dlanjo
Somali	naag calaacal waji saaranaysa
Swahili	mwanamke anayueashiria kutoamini
Swahili (Kenya)	mwanamke anayeashiria kutoamini
Tajik	зане, ки рӯяшро бо дастонаш пӯшида истодааст
Tamil	விரக்தியடைந்த பெண்
Telugu	తల కొట్టుకుంటున్న స్త్రీ
Tigrinya	ጓል ኣንስተይቲ ንገጻ ሒዛ
Tongan	fefine nima ʻihe mata
Tswana	mosadi ka legofi mo sefatlhegong
Turkmen	elini maňlaýyna urýan zenan
Upper Sorbian	žona, kiž so za hłowu přimnje
Urdu	شرمندگی ظاہر کرتی ہوئی عورت
Uyghur	يۈزىنى تۇتقان ئايال
Uzbek	ayol yuzini berkitmoqda
Welsh	menyw yn codi cledr i’w wyneb
Wolof	ju taf loxo ci kanamam
Xhosa	ibhinqa eligqume ubuso ngezandla
Yoruba	obìnrí tín fọwọ́bojú
Yoruba (Benin)	obìnrí tín fɔwɔ́bojú
Zulu	ukuzifihla kowesimame

Codes

Code points: U+1F926 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
HTML: 🤦‍♀️
CSS: \1F926\200D\2640\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F926}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}
Python: \U0001F926\u200D\u2640\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A4 A6 E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F
UTF-16: D83E DD26 200D 2640 FE0F
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A4%A6%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the 🤦‍♀️ woman facepalming emoji mean?

A woman covering her face with her hand in dismay. Exasperation, disbelief, embarrassment and the feeling behind "not again" or "oh no" all fit, as do reactions to something silly.

How do I type the 🤦‍♀️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “woman 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 :woman_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+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤦‍♀️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F926}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}.

Does 🤦‍♀️ come in different skin tones?

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