Used when you’re sleepy, bored, or pretending to be unimpressed. It’s both literal (“I’m tired”) and playful (“You’re boring me”).
Your friend starts a 10-minute rant about office politics again.
Here we go again 🥱
yawning face
🥱yawning face
Definitions & examples
- Groups
- Subgroups
- Unicode
- U+1F971
- Variant status
- Fully-qualified
- Emoji version
- E12.0
Can also be used humorously to tease someone who’s being repetitive or overdramatic—like a sarcastic “so interesting…” vibe.
In Japanese chats, 🥱 is less common but may appear when jokingly signaling boredom or when someone’s staying up late (“もうねむい〜”). It often reads as cute, not rude.
Be careful sending 🥱 in group or work chats—it can easily come across as dismissive or disrespectful if the other person is being serious.
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Differences between 🥱 (yawning face) and 😴 (sleeping face)
Both show closed eyes and drooping mouths. 🥱 signals sleepiness or boredom, sometimes playful disinterest. 😴 reads as deeper exhaustion, a resigned finality that shuts down energy. Its symbols emphasize actual sleep rather than the teasing yawn. The tone feels heavier and more absolute, conveying being completely done for the day. It carries a quieter, more complete disengagement compared with the teasing, half-awake feel of the yawning face.
Usage
Use 🥱 when you want to politely signal mild tiredness, boredom, or playful unimpressed attitude in an ongoing conversation. Use 😴 when you want to clearly indicate you’re done for the day, about to fall asleep, or that something is utterly sleep-inducing and requires a firmer, conclusive tone.
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😴
sleeping face
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😩
weary face
Used when you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, or dramatically tired of everything. It’s the “ugh, I can’t anymore” emoji—equal parts real fatigue and playful exaggeration.
😔
pensive face
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🤤
drooling face
Used when something looks irresistibly delicious or super attractive. It shows desire, craving, or strong admiration — for food, people, or even things you really want.