The smilies allow to express several affects, in particular sadness, joy, annoyance. Depending on their representation, the expression can be light or exaggerated. For example, the simple fact that one has eyebrows and the other does not makes the difference between two emojis that express surprise or displeasure. In this article, we are going to tell you about the emoji 😧 which is very similar to the displeased emoji with open mouth 😦. Discover its origin, meaning, uses and characteristics.
The origin of the emoji 😧
The proposal behind the 😧 emoji is detailed below, including name, number, name of submitter, year, number of emojis in it, and case.
- Number : L2/10-142
- Last name : Summary of directory for future amendment of ISO/IEC 10646:2011 (WG2 N3834)
- Proposed by : Michael Suignard
- Year of proposal: 2010
- Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 13
- Case : No.142, 2010 PDF: N3834
Given the resemblance, it is obvious that the emojis 😧 and 😦 belong to this same proposal, which the Unicode Consortium has approved. This proposal was finally published in Emoji version 1.0 in 2015-06-09.
Meaning and some examples of the use of the emoji 😧
We find on this emoji two small oval eyes under slightly drooping wrinkled eyebrows and an open mouth in a semicircle. He mainly presents a sad and confused expression, a somewhat troubled emotional state, which seeks appeasement. It is the frowns that accentuate the anguish and anxiety expressed by this emoji. It thus belongs to the group of emojis which express the affects of the same family as annoyance and it is called "anxious face emoji".
This emoji 😧 can be used to accompany a message that expresses anxiety and anguish, or to react to shocking information. With the eyebrows curved downwards, it also helps to indicate a worried state.
On some platforms and messengers, the appearance of this emoji may vary. The difference is most often seen in the eyebrows, sometimes they are found a little more raised, sometimes they are more curved downwards. In any case, the affects most often indicated by the anxious face emoji are:
- The stress ;
- Fear ;
- anxiety;
- The surprise ;
- Anxiety;
- The confusion.
Several example sentences can include this emoji in text messages, such as the following:
- It scares me.
- I have an exam to do tomorrow, when I haven't even had time to revise 😧.
- Tell me that's not true 😧.
- I'm confused 😧.
Characteristics of the 😧 emoji
Discover in this table the characteristics of the emoji 😧:
| Version | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
| Usual name | anguished face |
| Category | Smilies and Emotions |
| Sub-category | worried-face |
| Apple designation | anguished face |
| code point | U+1F627 Copy |
| Decimal | ALT+128551 |
| unicode | 6.1 (2012-01-31) |
| Key words | Face-anguish-anguished face |
| Other names | · Alarmed face emoji;
· Worried Face Emoji; tense face emoji; · Worried face emoji. |
Here you have all the information about the anxious emoji 😧. Feel free to use it on your posts to express your anguish, your annoyance, or your fear.
