# 🤦🏾‍♀️ Woman facepalming emoji: medium-dark skin tone

🤦🏾‍♀️ is the woman facepalming emoji (🤦‍♀️) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🤦‍♀️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🤦🏾‍♀️
- Unicode name: woman facepalming: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F926 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🤦‍♀️ Woman facepalming](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Other skin tones

- 🤦‍♀️ [Woman facepalming](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-emoji.md)
- 🤦🏻‍♀️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤦🏼‍♀️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤦🏽‍♀️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤦🏿‍♀️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🤦🏾‍♀️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤦 [Person facepalming](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-emoji.md) (U+1F926)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 U+FE0F)
5. 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 “woman facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “woman facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “woman facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “woman facepalming”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mujer con la mano en la frente: tono de piel oscuro medio | facepalm, frente, incredulidad, mano, mujer con la mano en la frente, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | femme avec la paume sur le visage : peau mate | encore, exaspération, femme, femme avec la paume sur le visage, incrédulité, incroyable, j’y crois pas, main sur le visage, oh non, oubli, paume, peau mate, personne |
| Deutsch (de) | sich an den Kopf fassende Frau: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | fassen, Frau, frustriert, genervt, Gesicht, Kopf, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, oh nein, OMG, unfassbar, unglaublich, verzweifelt |
| Italiano (it) | donna esasperata: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza scura, donna, esasperata, esasperazione, figuraccia, gesto, imbarazzo, incredula, mano sul viso, non ci credo, oddio, persona |
| Português (pt) | mulher decepcionada: pele morena escura | como assim, decepção, decepcionada, desapontamento, inacreditável, meu deus, mulher, não acredito, não é possível, pele morena escura |
| Nederlands (nl) | vrouw die het gezicht met de hand bedekt: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, ergernis, facepalm, gebaar, gezicht bedekken, omg, ongeloof, ongelooflijk, persoon, schaamte, vrouw, vrouw die het gezicht met de hand bedekt |
| Svenska (sv) | kvinna som slår sig för pannan: mellanmörk hy | facepalm, frustration, irritation, kvinna, kvinna som slår sig för pannan, mellanmörk hy |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta trzymająca się za czoło: karnacja średnio ciemna | brak słów, facepalm, fejspalm, irytacja, karnacja średnio ciemna, kobieta, kobieta trzymająca się za czoło, nie, niedowierzanie, omg, osoba, załamka, zrezygnowanie |
| Türkçe (tr) | eliyle yüzünü kapatan kadın: orta koyu cilt tonu | aman tanrım, çileden çıkma, el, eliyle yüzünü kapatan kadın, inanamıyorum, inanmama, kadın, öfke, olamaz, orta koyu cilt tonu, sinir, utanç, utancından eliyle yüzünü kapatma |
| Русский (ru) | женщина потеряла дар речи: темный тон кожи | женщина, надоело, нет, омг, позор, раздражение, слов, темный тон кожи, фейспалм, хватит |
| Українська (uk) | жінка, що підносить долоню до обличчя: помірно темний тон шкіри | не може бути, о боже, помірно темний тон шкіри, розчарування, рука, рукалице, скільки можна, сором, фейспалм |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα αγανακτά: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | αγανάκτηση, γυναίκα, γυναίκα αγανακτά, δυσπιστία, έλεος, Θέε μου, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, όχι πάλι, παλάμη στο πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο, χειρονομία, ωχ |
| العربية (ar) | سيدة تشعر بإحباط: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | أشخاص, إحباط, السخط, امرأة, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, حيرة, سيدة تشعر بإحباط, صدمة, عدم تصديق, لا, ليس مجددًا, يا إلهي |
| עברית (he) | אישה מתוסכלת: גוון עור כהה בינוני | אדם, אוי לא, אין מצב, אישה, בהלם, גוון עור כהה בינוני, לא מאמינה, לא עוד פעם, נו באמת, תסכול |
| فارسی (fa) | زن با کف دست به پیشانی می‌زند: پوست گندمی | افتضاح, ای وای, با کف دست به پیشانی زدن, باورم نمیشه, باورم نمی‌شود, پوست گندمی, خجالت دارد, دست, زن, زن با کف دست به پیشانی می‌زند, زن مستأصل, شوک, صورت, کف دست, گذاشتن دست ها روی صورت, ناامیدی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | माथे पर हाथ रखी हुई महिला: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | अविश्वास, ओह माय गॉड, क्रोध, परेशान महिला, महिला, माथे पर हाथ, माथे पर हाथ रखी हुई महिला, माथे पे हाथ, शॉक, हल्की साँवली त्वचा, हैरानी |
| বাংলা (bn) | মেয়েদের কপালে হাত: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | অবিশ্বাস, ওহ না, কপালে হাত, কষ্ট পাওয়া, ক্রোধ, মহিলা, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, মাথায় হাত, মেয়ে, মেয়েদের কপালে হাত, সন্দেহ, হতবাক, হায় আল্লাহ্‌, হায় ঈশ্বর, হায় ভগবান |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wanita tepuk jidat: warna kulit gelap-sedang | cape deh, isyarat, jidat, kesal, letih, oh tidak, perempuan, sangsi, tangan, tepuk dahi, tepuk jidat, wanita, wanita tepuk jidat, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người phụ nữ lấy tay che mặt: màu da tối trung bình | hoài nghi, không tin nổi, lắc đầu, lại nữa rồi, màu da tối trung bình, người lấy tay che mặt, người phụ nữ lấy tay che mặt, nữ, tay che mặt, thở dài thườn thượt, tức giận |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้หญิงเอามือก่ายหน้าผาก: โทนผิวสีแทน | กุมขมับ, งง, ช็อค, ตกใจ, โทนผิวสีแทน, โธ่, ผิดหวัง, ผู้หญิง, ไม่นะ, เสียใจ, เหลือเชื่อ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ひたいに手をあてる女: やや濃い肌色 | 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, やや濃い肌色, 信じられない, 女, 女性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 골치 아파하는 여자: 진한 갈색 피부 | 골치 아파하는 여자, 당황, 맙소사, 분노, 세상에, 손바닥, 얼굴에 손바닥을 갖다 댐, 여자, 이럴 수가, 이마에 손, 진한 갈색 피부, 짜증 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 女生捂脸: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 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） (zh-Hant) | 女生遮臉：褐皮膚 | 不敢相信, 喔不, 噢不, 天啊, 女, 女生遮臉, 捂臉, 無言, 褐皮膚, 難以置信, 震驚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vrou slaan hand teen voorkop: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): ɔbaa de ne nsa rebɔ n’anim: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): grua që vë dorën në kokë: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ሴት ፊት መቅላት: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): կինը կորցրել է խոսելու ունակությունը․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): মূৰত হাত দি থকা মহিলা: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): üzünü tutan qadın: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): йөҙөн ҡул менән ҡаплаусы ҡатын-ҡыҙ: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): esku-azpia aurpegian duen emakumea: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): жанчына з далонню на твары: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): žena s rukom na čelu: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): жена с ръка върху лицето: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): မျက်နှာကို လက်ဝါးဖြင့်အုပ်ထားသူ အမျိုးသမီး − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): femme avec paume de la main sur le visage : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 用手遮臉嘅女人: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 用手遮脸嘅女人: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): dona amb la mà a la cara: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᎤᎧᏛᎢ ᎠᏓᏏᏔᏗᏍᎬᎢ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 遮住面嘅女人：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): хӗрарӑм сӑмах пултарулӑхне ҫухатрӗ: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): žena lupa dlanom o čelo: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): žena chytající se za hlavu: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): kvinde slår sig for panden: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): käega vastu pead lööv naine: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mulher de palma na face: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): vónbrotin kvinna: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): babaeng naka-facepalm: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kasvonsa kädellä peittävä nainen: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): muller facendo xesto de incredulidade: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): სახეზე ხელაფარებული ქალი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): માથા ઉપર હાથ દેતી સ્ત્રી: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mace nunawa kunya: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): face par palm rakhe huye mahila: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): arcát a kezébe temető nő: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): kona með hönd fyrir andlit: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwanyị na-ezo ihu ya èzo: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): bean lena haghaidh ina bos: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong wadon anutup raine mawa dlamakan: kulit sawo mateng
- Kannada (kn): ಮುಖಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): айтуға сөз таппай тұрған әйел: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ايتۋعا ءسوز تاپپاي تۇرعان ايەل: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): នារីខ្ទប់មុខ: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugore ushyize ikiganza mu maso: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): कपलाचेर हात मारपी बायल: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): бетин кармаган аял: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): ixoq ktajin kuya’ uq’ab’ chi upalaj: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຍິງເອົາມືກ່າຍປິດໜ້າ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): sieviete ar saķertu galvu: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): dònna esasperâ: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): susierzinusi moteris: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se za głowu pśimjeca žeńska: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Fra, déi sech d’Hand widder de Kapp schléit: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): жена и неверување: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): perempuan menepuk muka: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): തലയിൽ കൈവയ്ക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): mara tagħmel facepalming: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): कपाळाला हात लावलेली महिला: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): урам хугарч буй эмэгтэй: бордуу
- Māori (mi): wahine ringakanohi: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): चिन्तित छोरीमान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúman Ték Wọ́n Hand Kọ́vá Im Fes: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): mosadi a beile bokagare bja seatla: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): kvinne som slår hånden mot pannen: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): kvinne som slår handa mot panna: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ମହିଳା ମୁହଁରେ ପାପୁଲି ମାରୁଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dubartii barruun fuula qabatte: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): ښځه تندي ته ټک ورکوی: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੱਥੇ ’ਤੇ ਹੱਥ ਰੱਖਦੀ ਇਸਤਰੀ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): منہ اوتے ہتھ رکھدی زنانی: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): warmi makian uyapi: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): femeie care își acoperă fața cu o palmă: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dunna cun la palma-maun sin la fatscha: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): boireannach le aodann na làmhan: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): жена с руком на челу: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): žena s rukom na čelu: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈယိင်းတူမ်းၼႃႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): عورت جو نراڙ تي هٿ ڏيڻ: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): මුහුණේ අල්ල ගසා සිටින කාන්තාව: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): žena chytajúca sa za hlavu: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): ženska, ki obraz prekriva z dlanjo: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): naag calaacal waji saaranaysa: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamke anayueashiria kutoamini: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Swahili (Kenya) (sw-KE): mwanamke anayeashiria kutoamini: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): зане, ки рӯяшро бо дастонаш пӯшида истодааст: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): விரக்தியடைந்த பெண்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): తల కొట్టుకుంటున్న స్త్రీ: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጓል ኣንስተይቲ ንገጻ ሒዛ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): fefine nima ʻihe mata: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): mosadi ka legofi mo sefatlhegong: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): elini maňlaýyna urýan zenan: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): žona, kiž so za hłowu přimnje: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): شرمندگی ظاہر کرتی ہوئی عورت: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): يۈزىنى تۇتقان ئايال: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): ayol yuzini berkitmoqda: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): menyw yn codi cledr i’w wyneb: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): ju taf loxo ci kanamam: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): ibhinqa eligqume ubuso ngezandla: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): obìnrí tín fọwọ́bojú: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): obìnrí tín fɔwɔ́bojú: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukuzifihla kowesimame: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F926 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤦🏾‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F926\1F3FE\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F926}\u{1F3FE}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F926\U0001F3FE\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 A6 F0 9F 8F BE E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD26 D83C DFFE 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%A6%F0%9F%8F%BE%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🤦🏾‍♀️ 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. 🤦🏾‍♀️ shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🤦🏾‍♀️ and 🤦‍♀️?

🤦🏾‍♀️ is the 🤦‍♀️ woman facepalming emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🤦‍♀️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F926 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🤦🏾‍♀️?

Find 🤦‍♀️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “woman facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🤦🏾‍♀️?

U+1F926 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤦🏾‍♀️

### When was 🤦🏾‍♀️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji