๐Ÿ˜ทSick Smiley with protective mask
๐Ÿ˜ท

๐Ÿ˜ท Emoji meaning

Health protection, infection prevention, hospital, illness, doctor.

๐Ÿ˜ท Meaning

The mask is for protection. Either to protect yourself or others from infection. Someone is in the hospital, has to go to the doctor or has caught a disease. Wearing the masks is widely spread in Asia.

Examples

  • Get some rest! ๐Ÿ˜ท
  • Are you feeling any better? ๐Ÿ˜ท
  • I'd better stay home today. ๐Ÿ˜ท

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Commonly confused with

Same Emotion

Face with medical mask
โ†”

Face with mask vs thermometer; both signal illness or visiting a doctor.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œFace with medical maskโ€ 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

+ dentist + dermatologist + dr + germs + medical + medicine

Keywords removed

- face with medical mask

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- medicine

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ face with medical mask

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ cold + doctor + face + mask + medicine + sick

Similar emojis from "Sleepy and Unwell"

Comments

(1) Comment

  • Choosing to stay quiet or not talking.