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woman facepalming

A woman pressing a hand to her face, head tilted, conveying exasperation, disbelief, or frustration at something foolish or obvious

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Code points
U+1F926 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
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Meaning

A woman pressing a hand to her face, head tilted, conveying exasperation, disbelief, or frustration at something foolish or obvious. It commonly appears in response to a mistake, an avoidable error, or a remark that seems painfully wrong, often with a tone of "not again" or "I can't believe this." The gesture can be playful or self-directed, as when someone acknowledges their own blunder. Usage varies: it may signal genuine annoyance or light, joking despair, so context and tone determine how seriously it reads.

Woman facepalming — Approved as part of Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

againbewilderdisbeliefexasperationfacepalmno

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Emoji names around the world

English: woman facepalmingالعربية سيدة تشعر بإحباطespañol mujer con la mano en la frenteportuguês mulher decepcionadaहिन्दी माथे पर हाथ रखी हुई महिलाIndonesia wanita tepuk jidat

Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F926 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
Unicode name
woman facepalming
Category
People & BodyPeople gesturing
Unicode
9.0 · 2016Emoji 4.0
Keywords
againbewilderdisbeliefexasperationfacepalmnonotohomgshocksmhwomanemojimeaning

Developer

ZWJ sequenceemoji presentation requested via VS16 (U+FE0F)
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F926 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
Unicode namewoman facepalming
UTF-8F0 9F A4 A6 E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):woman_facepalming:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🤦‍♀️
HTML (decimal)🤦‍♀️
CSS\1F926 \200D \2640 \FE0F
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F926}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}
Python\U0001F926\u200D\u2640\uFE0F
Perl\x{1F926}\x{200D}\x{2640}\x{FE0F}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F926}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}
Encodings
Punycodexn--1ug26vqu9rd58h
URL escape code%F0%9F%A4%A6%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F

Frequently asked

What does 🤦‍♀️ woman facepalming mean?

A woman pressing a hand to her face, head tilted, conveying exasperation, disbelief, or frustration at something foolish or obvious. It commonly appears in response to a mistake, an avoidable error, or a remark that seems painfully wrong, often with a tone of "not again" or "I can't believe this." The gesture can be playful or self-directed, as when someone acknowledges their own blunder. Usage varies: it may signal genuine annoyance or light, joking despair, so context and tone determine how seriously it reads.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🤦‍♀️ woman facepalming?

U+1F926 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F (Unicode 9.0, 2016) · :woman_facepalming:

Which emojis are related to 🤦‍♀️ woman facepalming?

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