What does ๐คฆ Person Facepalming mean?
Hand to forehead, eyes covered: the facepalm. It means disbelief, exasperation or embarrassment โ โI canโt believe that happenedโ or โwhy am I like thisโ. People use it after their own silly mistakes, or when someone says something absurd. It is the emoji equivalent of โsmhโ (shaking my head). It comes in five skin tones and in man and woman versions.
๐คฆ Person Facepalming is an emoji from the People & Body category (people gesturing), added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about again, bewilder, disbelief, exasperation, facepalm and no.
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๐คฆ Person Facepalming on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Person Facepalming looks on each platform.
Person Facepalming in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Person Facepalming emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐คฆ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :face_palm:.
When was the Person Facepalming emoji added?
๐คฆ Person Facepalming was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Person Facepalming emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐คฆ, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐คฆ๐ป ๐คฆ๐ผ ๐คฆ๐ฝ ๐คฆ๐พ ๐คฆ๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐คฆ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Person Facepalming. The underlying code (U+1F926) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.