Clown Face 🤡
Usage snapshot:
- Emojis convey ideas, emotions, or objects in messaging and interfaces; meaning depends on context.
- Appearance can vary across platforms, apps, and fonts, so designs may differ in color, style, and detail.
- Use emojis thoughtfully in UI and text; keep intent clear and avoid ambiguity in formal content.
- If a platform lacks color emoji support, a monochrome or text‑style fallback may be shown.
- For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning.
History & usage: CLOWN FACE depicts a clown face emoji. Use it to express playful humor or lighthearted fun in messages. In casual chats, it signals joking tone, teasing, or a silly moment among friends. It can accompany party plans, performances, or carnival talk to show excitement or whimsy. In social updates, it helps soften jokes or add a funny vibe without words. For clarity, pair it with text when the meaning could be misread. Across devices, color and style may change, so the emoji might look different from platform to platform. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning and provide alternative text if needed for assistive tech.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F921 - General Category:
So - Age:
9.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A4 A1 - UTF-16:
D83E DD21 - UTF-32:
0001F921 - HTML dec:
🤡 - HTML hex:
🤡 - JS escape:
\u{1F921} - Python \N{}:
\N{CLOWN FACE} - Python \U:
\U0001F921 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A4%A1 - CSS escape:
\1F921
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+1F921 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.