😢 Crying face
😢 Emoji meaning
I'm so sorry! Sadness, tears, hurt feelings, comfort, compassion.
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😢 Meaning
The 😢 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 😭. 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? 😢
- I miss you so much. 😢
- Oh no, that’s so sad! 😢
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Commonly confused with
Direction Variant
Pensive vs crying; both represent feeling down, whether or not tears are shown.
Same Emotion
Face holding back tears vs crying face; both about sadness and emotional vulnerability.
Disappointed but relieved vs crying face; tear placement differs, both imply sadness.
Crying vs loudly crying face; difference is intensity, both show being very sad.
Crying cat vs crying face; both single-tear sadness.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Crying face” 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.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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Maria When someone you care about ignores you, it really hurts.