Face with Head-Bandage 🤕
Usage snapshot:
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History & usage: FACE WITH HEAD-BANDAGE depicts a face with a bandaged head. It can be used to show someone is injured or recovering after an accident. It can also express pain, headache, or fatigue in a chat. It helps convey sympathy in responses to others who share bad news. In UI text, it marks an issue or medical topic in explanations or help sections. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning. If a platform lacks color emoji support, a monochrome or text-style fallback may be shown. Appearance can vary across platforms, apps, and fonts, so designs may differ in color, style, and detail.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F915 - General Category:
So - Age:
8.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A4 95 - UTF-16:
D83E DD15 - UTF-32:
0001F915 - HTML dec:
🤕 - HTML hex:
🤕 - JS escape:
\u{1F915} - Python \N{}:
\N{FACE WITH HEAD-BANDAGE} - Python \U:
\U0001F915 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A4%95 - CSS escape:
\1F915
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+1F915 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.