Shows real sadness, frustration, or disappointment. It’s heavier than 🙁—a small but unmistakable “I’m not okay.”
You realize your best friend forgot your birthday.
Guess someone didn’t check their calendar ☹️
frowning face
☹️frowning face
Definitions & examples
- Groups
- Subgroups
- Unicode
- U+2639 U+FE0F
- Variant status
- Fully-qualified
- Emoji version
- E0.7
Can also show guilt or emotional exhaustion, like when you feel bad about something you said or just had a rough day.
In Japanese chats, ☹️ often feels more dramatic or theatrical than 🙁—closer to “がーん！” (a sound effect for shock or disappointment in manga). It may look comically exaggerated rather than deeply sad.
Because ☹️ looks old-style and heavy, many people prefer 🙁 for a softer, more modern tone.
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Differences between ☹️ (frowning face) and 😡 (enraged face)
Both are faces with downturned mouths and furrowed brows. ☹️ shows real sadness and disappointment, a heavier, quiet not okay feeling. 😡 reads as explosive anger, a hot, emotional reaction, louder and more intense. The tone of 😡 is accusatory and vehement, edged with a sense of being wronged or deeply frustrated. While ☹️ implies resignation and sorrow, 😡 implies confrontation and emotional heat, shifting from quiet hurt to overt fury in expression and energy.
Usage
You might use ☹️ when you want to signal to someone that you’re genuinely sad or disappointed and hope for understanding or comfort. Use 😡 when you need to make it clear you’re very angry or feel wronged and want to express strong frustration directly.
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😡
enraged face
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion
- Subgroup
- face-negative
😟
worried face
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion
- Subgroup
- face-concerned
😢
crying face
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion
- Subgroup
- face-concerned
😠
angry face
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion
- Subgroup
- face-negative
😭
loudly crying face
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion
- Subgroup
- face-concerned