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😔 Pensive Face Emoji

A downcast face for quiet sadness, disappointment, regret, reflection, or feeling emotionally low.

QUICK FACTS
Official name
Pensive Face
Category
Smileys & Emotion
Subcategory
Face Sleepy
Unicode
U+1F614
Emoji version
0.6
Unicode version
17.0

What Does Mean?

The pensive face emoji has closed eyes and a small, lowered mouth. It commonly expresses sadness, disappointment, regret, or a reflective mood rather than active crying. The subdued expression works when someone is processing difficult news, missing a person, or admitting that something did not go as hoped. It can also signal quiet thoughtfulness. Because it looks tired on some platforms, nearby text helps distinguish emotional reflection from simple fatigue.

Tone
FriendlyPositiveCheerful
Context note

Some people read the closed eyes as tiredness or resignation. Add context when you mean sadness, regret, or deep thought.

Quick Meaning

A downcast face for quiet sadness, disappointment, regret, reflection, or feeling emotionally low.

Use Cases

How People Use 😔

Common conversational contexts and messaging situations.

Express disappointment without a dramatic reaction

Express disappointment without a dramatic reaction.

Show regret after a mistake or difficult conversation

Show regret after a mistake or difficult conversation.

Share a quiet, reflective mood

Share a quiet, reflective mood.

Respond gently to sad or discouraging news

Respond gently to sad or discouraging news.

Real Messages

😔 Emoji Examples

Realistic message examples demonstrating natural placement for 😔.

“I really hoped the trip would work out 😔”

“Missing everyone a little more today 😔”

“I should have handled that conversation better 😔”

Lookup Data

Names, Keywords and Search Terms

Search terms, common aliases, and lookup keywords.

Official Name

Pensive Face

Subcategory: Face Sleepy

Aliases & Common Names

  • pensive face

Keywords & Search Terms

  • pensive
  • sad
  • disappointed
  • regret
  • reflective
  • downcast
  • quiet
  • sorry
Developer Reference

😔 Emoji Codes

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FormatCode ValueAction
Unicode
U+1F614
Code points
U+1F614
UTF-8 bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0x94
UTF-16
\uD83D\uDE14
HTML decimal entity
😔
HTML hexadecimal entity
😔
JavaScript escape
\u{1F614}
CSS escape
\1F614
Python string
\U0001F614
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Microsoft Fluent

MIT License
Pensive Face emoji in Microsoft Fluent style

Google Noto

SIL Open Font License 1.1
Pensive Face emoji in Google Noto style

Twemoji

CC BY 4.0
Pensive Face emoji in Twemoji style

OpenMoji

CC BY-SA 4.0
Pensive Face emoji in OpenMoji style

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A downcast face for quiet sadness, disappointment, regret, reflection, or feeling emotionally low.