🥹 Face Holding Back Tears

Unicode lists 🥹 Face Holding Back Tears among the worried faces in the Smileys & Emotion group. People send it when the subject is admiration, aww, back and cry. Unicode also files it under embarrassed, face, feelings and grateful, which shows how widely it is read.

🥹 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Smileys. Added in 2021 with Emoji 14.0, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F979.

• 🥹 works as a one-character reply when admiration is the subject.
• Fits messages about admiration, aww, back and cry.
• Often seen near 😦 Frowning Face with Open Mouth, 🥺 Pleading Face and 🫪 Distorted Face.

• 🥹😰 – Face Holding Back Tears and Anxious Face with Sweat
• 🥹😲 – Face Holding Back Tears with Astonished Face
• 🥹😨 – Face Holding Back Tears plus Fearful Face
• 🥹😥 – Face Holding Back Tears and Sad but Relieved Face
• 🥹😦 – Face Holding Back Tears with Frowning Face with Open Mouth
• 🥹🥺 – Face Holding Back Tears plus Pleading Face
• 🥹😢 – Face Holding Back Tears and Crying Face
• 🥹😧 – Face Holding Back Tears with Anguished Face

Easy to mix up with 😦 Frowning Face with Open Mouth, 🥺 Pleading Face or 🫪 Distorted Face. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.