What does the thinking face emoji mean?

A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows looking upwards, its thumb and index finger resting on its chin. Intended to show a person pondering or deep in thought. Often used to question or scorn something or someone, as if saying Hmm, I don't know about that. Tone varies, including earnest, playful, puzzled, skeptical, and mocking. May be paired with <%= link_to "thought balloon", emoji_path("thought-balloon") %> or <%= link_to "light bulb", emoji_path("light-bulb") %> to represent thinking, (having) ideas, and learning. Like <%= link_to "hugging face", emoji_path("hugging-face") %>, <%= link_to "shushing face", emoji_path("shushing-face") %>, and <%= link_to "face with hand over mouth", emoji_path("face-with-hand-over-mouth") %>, it is one of the few smileys featuring a hand. Thinking Face was approved as part of <%= link_to "Unicode 8.0", emoji_path("unicode-8.0") %> in 2015 and added to <%= link_to "Emoji 1.0", emoji_path("emoji-1.0") %> in 2015.

How to use the thinking face emoji?

Copy and paste 🤔 into your messages, e.g., I'm not sure about this plan 🤔. It works on most platforms.

What is the Unicode code for thinking face?

The Unicode code point for 🤔 is U+1F914.

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🤔 "thinking face" emoji (copy and paste)

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thinking face

A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows looking upwards, its thumb and index finger resting on its chin.

Meaning of the thinking face Emoji

A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows looking upwards, its thumb and index finger resting on its chin. Intended to show a person pondering or deep in thought. Often used to question or scorn something or someone, as if saying Hmm, I don't know about that. Tone varies, including earnest, playful, puzzled, skeptical, and mocking. May be paired with thought balloon or light bulb to represent thinking, (having) ideas, and learning. Like hugging face, shushing face, and face with hand over mouth, it is one of the few smileys featuring a hand. Thinking Face was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

Usage Examples

I'm not sure about this plan 🤔
Hmm, that sounds interesting 🤔
Is this the right decision? 🤔
Let me think about it for a moment 🤔
I'm puzzled by what you just said 🤔

Alternative Names

thinking face

Related Word Associations

pondering, thought, question, scorn, hmm, skeptical, mocking

Appearance in OpenMoji

Download the OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0) version of the 🤔 thinking face emoji for cross-platform use:

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SVG format:

SVG (vector)

Unicode Data

Code Point(s):: U+1F914
Version:: Emoji E1.0

Developer Codes

Shortcode (Discord)	`:thinking:`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:thinking:`
Shortcode (Slack)	`:thinking:`
HTML Dec	`🤔`
HTML Hex	`🤔`
CSS	`\01F914`
C, C++ & Python	`\U0001f914`
Java, JavaScript & JSON	`\uD83E\uDD14`
Perl	`\x{1F914}`
PHP & Ruby	`\u{1F914}`
Punycode	`xn--wp9h`
URL Escape Code	`%F0%9F%A4%94`