Grimacing Face bares clenched teeth in an awkward grin. 😬 Grimacing Face is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F62C and it was released in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 😬 Grimacing Face mean?
Grimacing Face bares clenched teeth in an awkward grin. It signals nervousness, embarrassment or "yikes" — for an uncomfortable moment, a mistake, or bad news you have to share.
😬 is the Grimacing Face emoji, listed under Smileys & Emotion → Neutral / Skeptical in the Unicode emoji standard. You will see it in chats and captions related to awk, awkward, dentist, face and grimace. It is the emoji version of the classic text emoticon 8D. It was approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :grimacing: to insert it.
Grimacing Face emoji codes
| Emoji | 😬 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F62C |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 😬 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 😬 |
| CSS | \1F62C |
| JavaScript | \u{1F62C} |
| Python | \U0001F62C |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%98%AC |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 98 AC |
| Shortcode | :grimacing: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :grimacing_face: |
| Emoticon | 8D |
How to type 😬 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “grimacing face”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “grimacing face”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “face”.
- HTML: write
😬in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Grimacing Face keywords
- awk
- awkward
- dentist
- face
- grimace
- grimacing
- grinning
- smile
- smiling
Frequently asked questions
What does 😬 mean?
Grimacing Face bares clenched teeth in an awkward grin. It signals nervousness, embarrassment or "yikes" — for an uncomfortable moment, a mistake, or bad news you have to share.
How do I copy and paste the Grimacing 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 😬 Grimacing Face added to Unicode?
Grimacing Face was released as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Related Neutral / Skeptical emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.