๐Ÿ˜ข

๐Ÿ˜ข Emoji meaning

I'm so sorry! Sadness, tears, hurt feelings, comfort, compassion.

๐Ÿ˜ข Meaning

The ๐Ÿ˜ข crying face represents a sad expression with a single tear running down the cheek. This smiley expresses a hurt and sad state of mind associated with a particular situation or event. When the memory of a negative event still hurts, this emoji is a good choice. It can express moderate sadness or less intense pain than the crying face ๐Ÿ˜ญ. Additionally, it can be used to convey compassion and sympathy in a conversation, especially when someone needs comfort or support. Also, it is used in humorous or ironic situations to express sadness in a lighter way.

Examples

  • Are you okay? ๐Ÿ˜ข
  • I miss you so much. ๐Ÿ˜ข
  • Oh no, thatโ€™s so sad! ๐Ÿ˜ข

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Crying face
โ†”

Pensive vs crying; both represent feeling down, whether or not tears are shown.

Same Emotion

Crying face
โ†”

Face holding back tears vs crying face; both about sadness and emotional vulnerability.

Crying face
โ†”

Disappointed but relieved vs crying face; tear placement differs, both imply sadness.

Crying face
โ†”

Crying vs loudly crying face; difference is intensity, both show being very sad.

Crying face
โ†”
Crying cat

Crying cat vs crying face; both single-tear sadness.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œCrying faceโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ awful + crying + feels + miss + triste + unhappy

Keywords removed

- crying face

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ crying face

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ cry + face + sad + tear

Similar emojis from "Concerned and Negative"

Comments

(1) Comment

  • When someone you care about ignores you, it really hurts.