Face with Pleading Eyes 🥺
History & usage: This emoji shows a face with pleading eyes, often used in chats to express sympathy, longing, or a soft request. In posts and reactions, it can soften a joke, show vulnerability, or hint at asking for help without words. In UI labels or buttons, it signals gentle encouragement or a polite nudge. When moderating tone, it supports friendly brand voice and calm feedback in comments. Accessibility note: screen readers may read it as \"face with pleading eyes\"; provide alt text for clear meaning. Accessibility matters.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F97A - General Category:
So - Age:
11.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A5 BA - UTF-16:
D83E DD7A - UTF-32:
0001F97A - HTML dec:
🥺 - HTML hex:
🥺 - JS escape:
\u{1F97A} - Python \N{}:
\N{FACE WITH PLEADING EYES} - Python \U:
\U0001F97A - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A5%BA - CSS escape:
\1F97A
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+1F97A 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.