😢 Meaning: What does the crying face emoji mean?

There are several emojis that can convey sadness, but each has its own meaning. As a result, even when these emojis belong to the same category, they can be used very differently, depending on the feeling you want to convey when faced with a piece of information, whether it's a message or a post on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

In this article, découvrez les différentes significations de l’émoji visage qui pleure 😢The origin, use and characteristics of this smiley face.

😢 The meanings and uses of the crying emoji

This smiley is often confused with the sad, but relieved face emoji 😥. However, there are a few differences between the affects conveyed by the two. While the other can express relief after a momentary sadness, the crying face emoji expresses a deep emotion. feeling of deep sadness.

It's represented by a sad face, expressing a fleeting wound, i.e. the pain of an event. This is symbolized by oval-shaped eyes under sagging eyebrows, with a tear drop running down one eye, and a mouth in the shape of a downward-curving line.

It belongs to the family of emojis expressing annoyance and concern, but it's the one that represents the most sadnesswith its equivalent the crying emoji 😭The others are more likely to express disappointment 😞 or a mixture of sadness and relief 😥.

Here are some examples of inserting this emoji into a sentence:

1. He left 😢.
2. I lost my dog this morning 😢.
3. They stole my necklace, it was a symbolic gift 😢.
4. You don't want to talk to me anymore 😢?

😢 The origin of the smiley face

This emoji is from a 2007 and 2009 proposal, the details of which are presented below:

Emoji Proposition 1

• Number : L2/07-257
• Last name : Working Draft Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols (Associated tables in ZIP file)
• Proposed by : Markus Scherer, Kat Momoi, Mark Davis,
• Year of proposal: 2007
• Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
• Case : No.257, 2007 HTML: EMOJI WD / No.257, 2007 ZIP: EMOJI WD TABLE

Emoji Proposition 2

• Number : L2/09-026
• Last name : Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding
• Proposed by : Kat Momoi, Markus Scherer, Mark Davis, Yasuo Kida, Peter Edberg (Apple Inc.), Darick Tong (Google Inc.)
• Year of proposal: 2009
• Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
• Case : No.026, 2009 PDF: R EMOJI PROPOSED / No.026, 2009 PDF: EMOJI PROPOSED

Proposal L2/07‑257(2007), L2/09‑026(2009) was approved by the Unicode Consortium and in 2015-06-02 it was released as Emoji version 1.0.

😢 Characteristics of the smiley crying face

Discover the characteristics of the crying face emoji 😢 in the following table:

The smiley 😢 is used to accompany your messages or your comments on the social networks that express your grief over information or content that made you sad.

See also our article on signification from smiley 😊 Where 🤯 to spice up your exchanges on social networks.