😪 Sleepy Face

Unicode lists 😪 Sleepy Face among the sleepy faces in the Smileys & Emotion group. In practice it comes up around crying, face, good and night. Unicode also files it under sad, sleep, sleeping and sleepy, which shows how widely it is read.

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 0.6). Its code point is U+1F62A.

• A single 😪 is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about crying, face, good and night.
• Often seen near 😌 Relieved Face, 😔 Pensive Face and 🤤 Drooling Face.

• 😪😴 – Sleepy Face and Sleeping Face
• 😪😌 – Sleepy Face with Relieved Face
• 😪😔 – Sleepy Face plus Pensive Face
• 😪🤤 – Sleepy Face and Drooling Face
• 😪🫩 – Sleepy Face with Face with Bags Under Eyes

Easy to mix up with 😌 Relieved Face, 😔 Pensive Face or 🤤 Drooling Face. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.