Smileys & Emotion · Unwell
😷 Face with Medical Mask
Also searched as: sick, mask.
- Emoji
- 😷
- Unicode
- U+1F637
- Shortcode
- :mask:
- HTML code
- 😷
- Approved in
- Unicode 6.0 (2010)
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion
What does the 😷 emoji mean?
A face with a medical mask. It means being sick or protecting yourself from germs.
Keywords: cold, dentist, dermatologist, doctor, dr, face, germs, mask, medical, medicine, sick.
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 with medical mask” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “face with medical mask”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “face with medical mask”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “face with medical mask”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :mask: |
😷 emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | face with medical mask |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+1F637 |
| HTML decimal | 😷 |
| HTML hex | 😷 |
| CSS | \1F637 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F637} |
| Shortcode | :mask: |
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What does the 😷 emoji mean?
A face with a medical mask. It means being sick or protecting yourself from germs.
How do I copy and paste the face with medical mask 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 with medical mask”.
When was the 😷 emoji released?
It was approved in Unicode 6.0, in 2010. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.