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🥲 Smiling Face with Tear Emoji

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Category
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Unicode
U+1F972

📖 What does smiling face with tear mean?

A face putting on a brave smile with a single tear making its way down one cheek. This is the emoji for the exact moment between feeling something deeply and pretending you're fine — and not quite pulling it off. Used for bittersweet news, touching moments that catch you off guard, and low-key devastation that doesn't quite warrant 😭. It's the face you make when you're moved by something and refuse to fully admit it. Where 😊 is uncomplicated warmth, this one has a footnote.

Similar:😭loudly crying face🥺pleading face😊smiling face with smiling eyes😂face with tears of joy🤧
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Smiling face with tear was approved as part of Unicode 13.0 in 2020 and added to Emoji 13.0 in 2020.

🔢 Technical Information

Emoji
🥲
Shortcode
:smiling_face_with_tear:
Unicode Version
13.0 (2020)
Emoji Version
13.0 (2020)
Code Point
U+1F972
Category
Sad

💻 Developer Codes

Code PointU+1F972
HTML Hex🥲
HTML Dec🥲
JavaScript\u{1F972}
CSS\1F972
URL Encoded%F0%9F%A5%B2

💬 How to Use 🥲

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🥲Last day of the best summer of my life 🥲
🥲They remembered my order from six months ago 🥲
🥲The dog came to check on me at the exact right moment 🥲

🥲 Smiling Face with Tear vs 😊 Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes — What's the difference?

Both are smiling, but only one is entirely fine. 😊 Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes (U+1F60A) is uncomplicated warmth — a genuine, clean expression of contentment with nothing held back. 🥲 Smiling Face with Tear (U+1F972) is the same smile, but with a single tear running down one cheek — and that footnote changes everything. 😊 is what you feel when things genuinely went well; 🥲 is what you show when you're moved, bittersweet, or pretending harder than the moment deserves.

😊See smiling face with smiling eyes emoji →

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What does the 🥲 smiling face with tear emoji mean?
It's the look of someone putting on a brave smile while visibly emotional — a single tear on one cheek, still grinning. Used for bittersweet moments, touching experiences, or ironic "I'm totally fine" energy when you're not.
What does 🥲 mean in texting?
In messages, 🥲 signals being moved or emotionally caught off guard while trying to keep it together. It can be sincere (genuinely touched) or ironic (sarcastically pretending to be fine about something bad).
Is 🥲 sad or happy?
Both — that's precisely the point. It occupies the bittersweet space between joy and sadness, used when something is sweet enough to make you tear up, or when you're masking genuine disappointment with a smile.
What's the difference between 🥲 and 😢?
😢 is openly sad — crying without pretense. 🥲 is smiling through the feeling, which makes it more complex: the sadness or emotion is present but contained. 🥲 is the face of controlled feelings; 😢 is letting them out.
What does 🥲 mean ironically?
Ironically, 🥲 is the "I'm fine" emoji — used when something disappointing or devastating happened and you're performing composure you don't feel. "They cancelled the show 🥲" reads as barely-contained devastation.
How do I copy the 🥲 emoji?
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