🧠 Brain

Unicode lists 🧠 Brain among the body parts in the People & Body group. People send it when the subject is intelligent and smart.

🧠 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Emotions and Feelings. The character has been part of the standard since 2017 (Emoji 5.0). Its code point is U+1F9E0.

• A single 🧠 is often enough to set the tone.
• 🧠💡 – A good idea, a sudden realisation.
• Often seen near 👃🏻 Nose: Light Skin Tone, 👃 Nose and 🫀 Anatomical Heart.

The brain stands for intelligence and reflection – and online frequently for the opposite, as in the “big brain time” meme applied to an obviously bad idea.

Widespread but false is the notion that humans use only ten per cent of their brains; imaging refutes it plainly. The sharp division into “left-brained” and “right-brained” people is likewise untenable.

• 🧠💡 – A good idea, a sudden realisation.
• 🧠👀 – Brain and Eyes
• 🧠🦷 – Brain with Tooth
• 🧠👂 – Brain plus Ear
• 🧠👁️ – Brain and Eye
• 🧠👃 – Brain with Nose

Easy to mix up with 👃🏻 Nose: Light Skin Tone, 👃 Nose or 🫀 Anatomical Heart. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.