Melting Face 🫠

🫠 (U+1FAE0) 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: Melting Face is part of the Symbols family (block: Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.

History & usage: MELTING FACE depicts a face melting with heat or distress, used to express intense emotion in text and UI. In messages, it signals strong embarrassment, awkwardness, fear, or extreme heat during a moment. In interfaces, it can illustrate a dramatic reaction to bad news, a hot topic, or a risky situation. It also helps convey a vivid physical or emotional state without words, making tone clear in conversations and captions. Note: appearance can vary across platforms, apps, and fonts, so color or style differences may change the meaning slightly. Use emojis thoughtfully in UI and text to keep intent clear and avoid ambiguity in formal content. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning and provide alt text where needed for screen readers. Cross‑platform and accessibility support may differ, especially on systems with limited color emoji.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1FAE0 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.

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