Smiling Face with Tear 🥲
History & usage: This emoji shows a smiling face with a single tear, signaling relief, warmth, or grateful humor in chats, posts, and UI labels. People use it to soften jokes, thank someone, or mark a sincere moment in reactions, comments, and notifications. In menus or recipe shares, it can hint at comforting outcomes or a cozy vibe. It works well in onboarding tips or help prompts to convey empathy. Accessibility note: alt text: 'Smiling face with a tear' for screen readers.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F972 - General Category:
So - Age:
13.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A5 B2 - UTF-16:
D83E DD72 - UTF-32:
0001F972 - HTML dec:
🥲 - HTML hex:
🥲 - JS escape:
\u{1F972} - Python \N{}:
\N{SMILING FACE WITH TEAR} - Python \U:
\U0001F972 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A5%B2 - CSS escape:
\1F972
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+1F972 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.