pleading face

🥺

pleading face

🥺 represents a pleading face, typically presented as a yellow face with large, shimmering eyes, downward-slanting eyebrows, and a small, frowning mouth.

This icon captures a sense of emotional vulnerability or a request for sympathy. It is widely recognized for its 'puppy dog' look, which signals that the sender is feeling touched, shy, or is making a gentle plea for attention.

In modern slang, it is often used to express adoration or being 'soft' for someone. It works well when saying 'Please?' or reacting to something incredibly cute. It can also indicate that someone is on the verge of tears from either sadness or overwhelming joy.

  • You’re asking your friend to share their fries after saying they’re not sharing.

    Just one bite… pleaseee 🥺🍟

Unicode
U+1F97A
Variant status
Fully-qualified
Emoji version
E11.0
General

Often used playfully to get sympathy or affection — like saying “I’m too cute to say no to,” sometimes even jokingly.

  • You want your friend to hang out with you, but they say they’re too lazy to go out today.

    But I wanna spend time with you… just this one time, pleaaase 🥺

Cross-cultural

In Japanese chats, 🥺 aligns closely with “うるうるした目 (tear-filled eyes)” or the anime-style “puppy eyes” look. It conveys both 甘え (amae) — the act of being endearingly dependent — and apology, like saying “ごめんねぇ…” (I’m sorryyy…) in a soft tone.

Heads-up

Overusing 🥺 can feel manipulative or childish in text; it works best in friendly or romantic contexts, not in professional messages.

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Differences between 🥺 (pleading face) and 🥹 (face holding back tears)

Both feature wide, glossy eyes that amplify emotion. 🥺 conveys pleading and vulnerability, a soft, needy appeal that evokes sympathy. 🥹 conveys being deeply moved, gratitude, or bittersweet tenderness with a trembling restraint. The tone of 🥹 is more inward and overwhelmed, like emotion swelling behind a smile. It feels softer and more grateful than the beseeching quality of 🥺. The eyes in 🥹 suggest being touched rather than asking, and the expression reads as quietly overflowing rather than pleading aloud.

Usage

You might use 🥺 pleading face when you want to ask someone for help, a favor, or attention in a soft, endearing way. You might use 🥹 face holding back tears when you want to show you’re deeply touched, grateful, or emotionally affected by someone’s words or actions.

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