Smileys & Emotion · Concerned
🥹 Face Holding Back Tears
Also searched as: touched, emotional.
- Emoji
- 🥹
- Unicode
- U+1F979
- Shortcode
- :face_holding_back_tears:
- HTML code
- 🥹
- Approved in
- Emoji 14.0 (2021)
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion
What does the 🥹 emoji mean?
A face holding back tears. It shows deep emotion, tenderness or pride that makes you tear up.
Keywords: admiration, aww, back, cry, embarrassed, face, feelings, grateful, gratitude, holding, joy, please, proud, resist, sad, tears.
Featured in: Smiley face emojis, Sad and crying emojis, Cute emojis and cute symbols.
How 🥹 looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
How to type 🥹 on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “face holding back tears” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “face holding back tears”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “face holding back tears”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “face holding back tears”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :face_holding_back_tears: |
🥹 emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | face holding back tears |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+1F979 |
| HTML decimal | 🥹 |
| HTML hex | 🥹 |
| CSS | \1F979 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F979} |
| Shortcode | :face_holding_back_tears: |
Put 🥹 on your next meme
Pick a template on PlantillasMemes and write your caption with emojis.
Related emojis
See Smileys & Emotion
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🥹 emoji mean?
A face holding back tears. It shows deep emotion, tenderness or pride that makes you tear up.
How do I copy and paste the face holding back tears emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “face holding back tears”.
When was the 🥹 emoji released?
It was approved in Emoji 14.0, in 2021. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.