You have to know how to use the emojis so that your interlocutor easily understands what you want to express. Some emojis may have some similarity, however, each of them has its own meanings and uses. In this article we will tell you everything about the 😥 emoji: its origin, its meanings and its characteristics.
The origin of the emoji 😥
This emoji is from a 2007 and 2009 proposal, the details of which are presented below:
😥 emoji suggestion 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 suggestion 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.
The meanings and uses of the smiley 😥
This emoji is called “sad but relieved face emoji” and is represented by a frowning face with two oval eyes under downward-curving eyebrows, a drop of sweat, and an arched mouth pointing downward too. It is an expression conveying sadness, emotional instability, fear, disappointment, anxiety and anguish. However, this emoji can also express some relief after getting out of a stressful situation.
Use this emoji to express a somewhat contradictory emotion. Indeed, you can insert it in a sentence that mixes sadness and relief, or even fear and the feeling of deliverance.
Here are some examples of sentences the 😥 emoji works on:
- I'm glad it's finally over 😥.
- What was I scared 😥.
- Oh, he's back. I was so worried 😥.
- You're not mad at me anymore 😥?
Characteristics of the 😥 emoji
This emoji is part of the family of emoticons that convey annoyance, sadness, worry, or even disappointment. However, the sweat on the face expresses the relief that follows these negative feelings. Its characteristics are detailed in the table below:
| Version | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
| Usual name | Sad but relieved face |
| Category | Smilies and Emotions |
| Sub-category | worried-face |
| Apple designation | Sad but relieved face |
| code point | U+1F625 Copy |
| Decimal | ALT+128549 |
| unicode | 6.0 (2010-10-11) |
| Key words | Sad but relieved face - Phew |
| Other names | · Disappointment Emoji;
・Emoji scare sweat on the forehead. |
Use the smiley 😥 in your messages and on your comments on social media platforms so that your interlocutors easily understand the feelings you want to convey.
