Thinking Face 🤔
🤔 (U+1F914) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Thinking Face is part of the Symbols family (block: Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The THINKING FACE depicts a thinking face emoji. Use it to show you are considering options or weighing ideas in messages or product notes. It can signal careful review when giving feedback, in brainstorming chats, or during problem solving in help articles. You can pair it with questions or statements to indicate doubt, uncertainty, or the need for more time to think. In UI copy, use it to invite ideas, confirm deliberation, or mark content that requires closer inspection. Across platforms, appearance varies by color and style, so always rely on surrounding text to convey meaning. For accessibility, ensure the intended sense is clear in context and provide text alternatives or explanations as needed.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F914 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F914 - General Category:
So - Age:
8.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A4 94 - UTF-16:
D83E DD14 - UTF-32:
0001F914 - HTML dec:
🤔 - HTML hex:
🤔 - JS escape:
\u{1F914} - Python \N{}:
\N{THINKING FACE} - Python \U:
\U0001F914 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A4%94 - CSS escape:
\1F914
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F914 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🤔 (hex) or 🤔 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.