☹️ Frowning Face

Unicode lists ☹️ Frowning Face among the worried faces in the Smileys & Emotion group. Typical contexts are face, frown, frowning and sad.

You can drop ☹️ into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Emotions and Feelings. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.7). Its code point is U+2639.

• ☹️ on its own already flags the topic: face.
• Fits messages about face, frown, frowning and sad.
• Often seen near 😮 Face with Open Mouth, 🙁 Slightly Frowning Face and 😟 Worried Face.

• ☹️😲 – Frowning Face and Astonished Face
• ☹️😦 – Frowning Face with Frowning Face with Open Mouth
• ☹️🥺 – Frowning Face plus Pleading Face
• ☹️🥹 – Frowning Face and Face Holding Back Tears
• ☹️🫪 – Frowning Face with Distorted Face
• ☹️😯 – Frowning Face plus Hushed Face
• ☹️🫤 – Frowning Face and Face with Diagonal Mouth
• ☹️😮 – Frowning Face with Face with Open Mouth

Easy to mix up with 😮 Face with Open Mouth, 🙁 Slightly Frowning Face or 😟 Worried Face. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.