😴
😴 Sleeping face
😴
😴 Emoji meaning
Good night! Sleep, tiredness, boredom.
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😴 Meaning
Good night and sweet dreams! In comics or cartoons, zZz above the head stands for sleeping characters. The emoji is tired, wants to go to bed or is just about to fall asleep from boredom.
Examples
- I'm so tired. 😴
- Are you in bed already? 😴
- I can barely keep my eyes open! 😴
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Sleepy face vs sleeping face; both about being very tired or falling asleep.
Same Emotion
Sleeping face vs ZZZ; both standard comics symbol for sleep.
Same Shape
Person in bed vs sleeping face; both indicate sleep or bedtime.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Sleeping face” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ bed + bedtime + good + goodnight + nap + night + sleeping + tired + whatever + yawn + zzz
Keywords removed
- good night - sleeping face - ZZZ
In the release of Emoji 14.0 and Unicode 14.0 in 2021 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ good night + ZZZ
Keywords removed
- zzz
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ sleeping face
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ face + sleep + zzz
