The use of emojis makes it easier to clarify the messages we send to our friends, as they accurately represent the emotion we want to convey. Several emojis can represent the face in shock, surprise, confusion or astonishment, including this smiley face amazed 😲.
In this article, we'll detail the origins of this amazed face emoji, its meaning, the contexts in which it can be used and its characteristics.
😲: Meaning of the smiley stunned face
This emoji is depicted with a yellow face with raised eyebrows, open eyes, and mouth open as if breathless with shock or surprise.
This emoji is called "emoji stunned face and belongs to the group of smileys and emotions that express :
- Anguish,
- The shock,
- The surprise
- Annoyance,
- Admiration,
- The surprise,
- Anxiety.
The stunned face emoji is not to be confused with the amazed face emoji😯. Depending on the messaging system used, Messenger, WhatsApp or other, its appearance can change, sometimes the open mouth reveals the upper teeth, or sometimes the tongue.
You can use the 😲 emoji to express various feelings, such as:
- Admiration;
- amazement;
- Total surprise;
- The dread;
- The confusion ;
- Astonishment;
- Disbelief.
You can also use it in different types of sentences, such as the following:
- What art, it's extraordinary 😲!
- I tell you that I don't know 😲.
- Oh no. I don't believe it 😲.
- How well do you sing!
- Where did you get that picture of me 😲?
Characteristics of the stunned face smiley
This smiley is similar to theemoji face with spiral eyes 😵 in the register of amazement and astonishment. This astonished little yellow face expresses the unease that follows an emotional upheaval or shock after seeing something out of the ordinary, whether good or bad, or after receiving a message that leaves you confused, incomprehensible or incredulous.
| Version | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
| Usual name | stunned face |
| Category | Smilies and Emotions |
| Sub-category | worried-face |
| Apple designation | surprised face |
| code point | U+1F632 Copy |
| Decimal | ALT+128562 |
| unicode | 6.0 (2010-10-11) |
| Key words | Stunned-shock-face |
| Other names | dazed emoji;
bewildered emoji; · Puzzled Emoji; · Dumbfounded Emoji; · Stunned Emoji; · Upset Emoji; · Baffled emoji.
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Origin of this smiley
The 😲 emoji has two different origins, one in 2007 and the other in 2009. They are detailed below:
Proposal number 1:
- Number : L2/07-257
- Last name : Working Draft Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols (Associated tables in ZIP file)
- Proposed by : Mark Davis, Kat Momoi, Markus Scherer
- Year of proposal: 2007
- Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
- Case : No.257, 2007 ZIP: EMOJI WD TABLE / No.257, 2007 HTML: EMOJI WD
Proposal number 2:
- Number : L2/09-026
- Name : Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding
- Proposed by : Mark Davis, Peter Edberg (Apple Inc.), Kat Momoi, Markus Scherer, Yasuo Kida, Darick Tong (Google Inc.).
- Year of proposal: 2009
- Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
- Case : No.026, 2009 PDF: EMOJI PROPOSED / No.026, 2009 PDF: R EMOJI PROPOSED
The Unicode Consortium approved the proposal containing the smiley face 😲. In 2015-06-09, it was therefore released in Emoji version 1.0.
Now you know all about the 😲 emoji. Use it in your sentences to bring dynamism to the text messages you send to your loved ones, and don't get confused about its use again!
