Melting Face Emoji
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🫠🫠:melting-face:%F0%9F%AB%A0\1FAE0What does the Melting Face emoji mean?
Melting Face — shown as 🫠 — is part of the Smileys & Emotion group. This emoji is designed to convey its concept instantly in messages, captions, social posts, and documents without needing extra explanation. Under the hood it lives at U+1FAE0 and debuted in Emoji 15.0 (2022). That code point is what lets you copy and paste it between apps without losing meaning. Because tone is hard to convey in plain text, this emoji functions as digital body language. It is often paired with greetings, apologies, thanks, or reactions to add empathy and reduce friction in fast-moving conversations. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of melting face stays identical, so the emoji remains universally readable. You can copy this emoji as the character itself (🫠), as an HTML entity (🫠), or as a shortcode (:melting-face:) for platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.
This detailed meaning was written by the UseEmoji editorial team after reviewing Unicode CLDR data and real-world usage. For quick identification, think of this emoji as shorthand for melting face — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.
How to use the Melting Face emoji
- In chat: Drop 🫠 into a sentence where you would normally write “melting face” to add tone and visual interest.
- On social media: Pair 🫠 with a keyword or hashtag to make captions more searchable and expressive.
- In documents and code: Use the HTML entity 🫠 or shortcode :melting-face: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.
Technical details & cross-platform notes
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Unicode code point | U+1FAE0 |
| Introduced in | Emoji 15.0 (2022) |
| Shortcode | :melting-face: |
| HTML entity | 🫠 |
| Platform rendering | Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays melting face everywhere — only the art style changes. |
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Frequently asked questions
What does Melting Face mean?
Melting Face — shown as 🫠 — is part of the Smileys & Emotion group. This emoji is designed to convey its concept instantly in messages, captions, social posts, and documents without needing extra exp...
What is the Unicode code point?
Encoded at U+1FAE0, introduced in Emoji 15.0 (2022). Official name: "Melting Face".
How do I copy the Melting Face emoji?
Click any Copy button above (Character, HTML Entity, Shortcode, CSS), then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. On mobile, long-press to paste.
Is the Melting Face emoji free to use?
Yes. The Unicode character is free for personal and commercial copy. Vendor-specific artwork is copyrighted — copy the character, not the image file.
How is Melting Face used in context?
It adds visual shorthand for melting face in social posts, messages, and documents where an image conveys tone faster than words.
Does it look the same on every device?
Meaning is identical, but art differs: Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each render 🫠 with their own style, colour, and shading.