React to an unpleasant surprise
React to an unpleasant surprise.
Smileys & EmotionFace Concerned
😦 Frowning Face With Open Mouth Emoji
An open frown for worried surprise, concern, dismay, or an unpleasant development.
QUICK FACTS
- Official name
- Frowning Face With Open Mouth
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion
- Subcategory
- Face Concerned
- Unicode
- U+1F626
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0
- Unicode version
- 17.0
What Does Mean?
The frowning face with open mouth emoji combines a small open mouth with raised eyebrows and a worried expression. It can show dismay, concern, uneasy surprise, or the moment someone realises that a situation is worse than expected. It is less intense than anguished or screaming faces, so it suits uncertain problems and disappointing updates. Since it can resemble surprise on some platforms, explain the cause when your message needs a clearly sympathetic or serious tone.
Tone
FriendlyPositiveCheerful
Quick Meaning
An open frown for worried surprise, concern, dismay, or an unpleasant development.
Use Cases
How People Use 😦
Common conversational contexts and messaging situations.
Show concern about new information
Show concern about new information.
Express dismay at a setback
Express dismay at a setback.
Acknowledge that a problem may be serious
Acknowledge that a problem may be serious.
Real Messages
😦 Emoji Examples
Realistic message examples demonstrating natural placement for 😦.
“The repair will take another three days? 😦”
“I did not realise the path was closed 😦”
“That sounds much more serious than we first thought 😦”
Lookup Data
Names, Keywords and Search Terms
Search terms, common aliases, and lookup keywords.
Official Name
Frowning Face With Open Mouth
Subcategory: Face ConcernedAliases & Common Names
- frowning open mouth
Keywords & Search Terms
- frowning
- open mouth
- dismay
- worried
- concerned
- surprised
- uneasy
- upset
Developer Reference
😦 Emoji Codes
Copy Unicode, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and programming escape values.
FormatCode ValueAction
Unicode
U+1F626Code points
U+1F626UTF-8 bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0xA6UTF-16
\uD83D\uDE26HTML decimal entity
😦HTML hexadecimal entity
😦JavaScript escape
\u{1F626}CSS escape
\1F626 Python string
\U0001F626Discovery
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Emoji Styles
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Microsoft Fluent
MIT License
Google Noto
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Twemoji
CC BY 4.0
OpenMoji
CC BY-SA 4.0
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FAQ
Questions About 😦
Frequently asked questions about meaning, copying, PNG export, and Unicode data.
An open frown for worried surprise, concern, dismay, or an unpleasant development.
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Yes. The surrounding words, relationship, and platform can change how 😦 is read, so add text when the intent matters.
The Unicode code point for 😦 is U+1F626.
Close alternatives include 😧 Anguished Face, 😟 Worried Face, 😲 Astonished Face, 😨 Fearful Face. Choose the one whose expression or symbol best matches the message.
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