Yawning Face Emoji
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🥱🥱:yawning-face:%F0%9F%A5%B1\1F971What does the Yawning Face emoji mean?
The Yawning Face emoji (🥱) comes from the Smileys & Emotion set and represents yawning face. It is used to add visual context and emotional nuance where plain text alone would feel flat. Under the hood it lives at U+1F971 and debuted in Emoji 13.0 (2020). That code point is what lets you copy and paste it between apps without losing meaning. People reach for this smiley when they want to show feeling rather than describe it. It helps prevent misreads: a sentence that could sound cold becomes friendly once paired with this face, and a joke lands more clearly with the right expression attached. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of yawning 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 (:yawning-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 yawning face — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.
How to use the Yawning Face emoji
- In chat: Drop 🥱 into a sentence where you would normally write “yawning 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 :yawning-face: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.
Technical details & cross-platform notes
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Unicode code point | U+1F971 |
| Introduced in | Emoji 13.0 (2020) |
| Shortcode | :yawning-face: |
| HTML entity | 🥱 |
| Platform rendering | Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays yawning face everywhere — only the art style changes. |
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Frequently asked questions
What does Yawning Face mean?
The Yawning Face emoji (🥱) comes from the Smileys & Emotion set and represents yawning face. It is used to add visual context and emotional nuance where plain text alone would feel flat. Under the ho...
What is the Unicode code point?
Encoded at U+1F971, introduced in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Official name: "Yawning Face".
How do I copy the Yawning 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 Yawning 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 Yawning Face used in context?
It adds visual shorthand for yawning 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.