Face Holding Back Tears
Smileys & Emotion
Concerned
Unicode 14 • Emoji 14.0
What does the Face Holding Back Tears emoji mean?
A yellow face forcing a small smile while tears gather heavily along both lower eyelids.
- Shows trying to stay composed during an emotional moment
- Expresses gratitude that nearly brings tears
- Conveys concealed sadness behind a brave expression
- Can mark a proud, poignant or bittersweet farewell
Emoji details
- Code points
- U+1F979
- Hexcode
- 1F979
- Unicode version
- 14
- Emoji version
- 14.0
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion
- Subgroup
- Concerned
Shortcodes
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