🥹 "face holding back tears" emoji (copy and paste)
face holding back tears
A yellow face with flushed cheeks and a slight frown, a tear falling from one eye.
Meaning of the face holding back tears Emoji
The face holding back tears emoji depicts a yellow face with flushed cheeks and a slight frown, a tear falling from one eye. It may represent various emotions including sadness, relief, frustration, and holding back tears of happiness. It is similar to the Loudly Crying Face or Crying Face emojis but with a single tear and a less intense expression. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode 14.0 in 2021 and added to Emoji 14.0 in 2021.
Usage Examples
- That was so touching 🥹
- I'm trying not to cry 🥹
- Feeling relieved but emotional 🥹
- Frustrated and teary 🥹
- Happy tears 🥹
Alternative Names
face holding back tears, teary-eyed face
Related Word Associations
sadness, relief, frustration, happiness
Appearance in OpenMoji
Download the OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0) version of the 🥹 face holding back tears emoji for cross-platform use:
PNG format:
SVG format:
Unicode Data
- Code Point(s):
- U+1F979
- Version:
- Emoji E14.0
Developer Codes
| Shortcode (Discord) | :face_holding_back_tears: |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :face_holding_back_tears: |
| Shortcode (Slack) | :face_holding_back_tears: |
| HTML Dec | 🥹 |
| HTML Hex | 🥹 |
| CSS | \01F979 |
| C, C++ & Python | \U0001f979 |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83E\uDD79 |
| Perl | \x{1F979} |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F979} |
| Punycode | xn--ss9h |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%A5%B9 |
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