Crying Face shows a single tear — sadness, hurt or disappointment that is less dramatic than 😭. It is also known as the sad emoji and tear emoji. 😢 Crying Face is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F622 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 😢 Crying Face mean?
Crying Face shows a single tear — sadness, hurt or disappointment that is less dramatic than 😭.
😢 is the Crying Face emoji, listed under Smileys & Emotion → Concerned in the Unicode emoji standard. People often use it in messages about awful, cry, crying, face and feels. It is the emoji version of the classic text emoticon :'(. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :cry: to insert it.
Crying Face emoji codes
| Emoji | 😢 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F622 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 😢 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 😢 |
| CSS | \1F622 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F622} |
| Python | \U0001F622 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%98%A2 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 A2 |
| Shortcode | :cry: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :crying_face: |
| Emoticon | :'( |
How to type 😢 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “crying face”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “crying face”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “cry”.
- HTML: write
😢in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Crying Face keywords
- awful
- cry
- crying
- face
- feels
- miss
- sad
- tear
- triste
- unhappy
Frequently asked questions
What does 😢 mean?
Crying Face shows a single tear — sadness, hurt or disappointment that is less dramatic than 😭.
What is the 😢 emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Crying Face, but people also call it the sad emoji and tear emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Crying Face emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 😢 emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 😢 Crying Face added to Unicode?
Crying Face was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Concerned emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.