🥹
🥹 Face Holding Back Tears Emoji
A yellow face with tears welling up at the bottom of its two large eyes.
May be used to express a range of emotions including sadness, anger, embarrassment, admiration, and gratitude.
🥲 Smiling Face with Tear and 🥺 Pleading Face can be used in some similar contexts.
Unlike other vendors, Huawei's design shows this emoji holding its hands expectantly against its cheeks.
| Emoji | 🥹 |
| Unicode Name | Face Holding Back Tears |
| Apple Name | |
| Also Known As | |
| Codepoints | U+1F979 |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | কনন চপ রখ মখ |
| Danish | ansigt der holder tårerne tilbage |
| German | gesicht das tränen zurückhält |
| English | face holding back tears |
| Spanish | cara reprimiendo unas lágrimas |
| French | visage retenant ses larmes |
| Hindi | आस रकत चहर |
| Italian | viso che trattiene le lacrime |
| Japanese | 涙をこらえる顔 |
| Korean | 눈물을 참는 얼굴 |
| Marathi | डळयत अशर असलल चहर |
| Malay | muka menahan air mata |
| Dutch | gezicht dat tranen tegenhoudt |
| Norwegian | ansikt som holder tilbake tårer |
| Portuguese | cara a conter as lágrimas |
| Swedish | ansikte som håller tillbaka tårar |
| Tamil | கணணரத தகக வததளள மகம |
| Telugu | కళలల నళలన ఆపకన కతజఞత చసతనన మఖ |
| Chinese | 强忍泪水表情 |
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iOS 15.4
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Oct - 2023
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Apr - 2022
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Feb - 2023
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Apr - 2023
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15.1
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14.0
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15.0
Oct - 2023
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14.0
Mar - 2023
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