Category: Smileys & Emotion

🙁slightly frowning face

🙁 slightly frowning face belongs to Smileys & Emotion. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

A face with a slight frown, often used to express mild disappointment or sadness.

Aliases

:slightly_frowning_face:

Keywords

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What does 🙁 slightly frowning face mean?

The slightly frowning face conveys low-intensity negative emotions, such as mild disappointment, concern, or gentle sadness. It is often used to react to minor inconveniences or to show sympathy without the intense grief of other sad emojis. Depending on context, it can also represent feeling a bit bummed out or slightly worried.

Often used for

Reacting to minor bad news or inconveniences
Expressing mild disappointment
Showing gentle sympathy for someone's small misfortune
Conveying a slightly bummed or down mood

Tone: This emoji is much milder than 😢 or 😭, so it can feel underwhelming if used for serious grief. It is often used to soften the blow of a minor complaint.

🙁 in real messages

oh no, i forgot my lunch at home 🙁
that sucks about the wifi being down 🙁
i have to work late again tonight 🙁
my team just lost the game 🙁
feeling a bit under the weather today 🙁

How 🙁 slightly frowning face looks

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🙁 slightly frowning face codes for developers

Every format below produces 🙁 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji	`🙁`
Unicode codepoints	`U+1F641`
HTML (decimal)	`🙁`
HTML (hex)	`🙁`
CSS	`\1F641`
JavaScript	`\u{1F641}`
JSON	`\uD83D\uDE41`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%99%81`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:slightly_frowning_face:`