# 🤡 Clown face emoji

🤡 Clown face is an emoji in the costume faces set of Smileys & emotion. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🤡
- Unicode name: clown face
- Code points: U+1F921
- Category: Smileys & emotion, Costume faces
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :clown_face:
- Keywords: clown, face
- Page: https://emojichart.com/clown-face-emoji

## What it means

The face of a clown, with white face paint, a red nose and colorful hair. Circuses, parties and silliness are its literal meanings, but online it is also used to say someone is acting foolish. Mocking oneself for a bad decision is another common use.

## How to type 🤡

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “clown face”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “clown face”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “clown face”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “clown face”.
- GitHub: Type :clown_face: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cara de payaso | cara, cara de payaso, payaso |
| Français (fr) | visage de clown | clown, émoticône, maquillage, visage, visage de clown |
| Deutsch (de) | Clown-Gesicht | Clown, Clown-Gesicht, Gesicht |
| Italiano (it) | faccina pagliaccio | carnevale, circo, clown, faccina, faccina del clown, It, maschera, pagliaccio, teatro |
| Português (pt) | rosto de palhaço | cara, circo, engraçado, palhaço, piada, rosto |
| Nederlands (nl) | clownsgezicht | clown, gezicht |
| Svenska (sv) | clownansikte | ansikte, clown, clownansikte, pajas |
| Polski (pl) | twarz klauna | buźka, cyrk, klown, twarz klauna |
| Türkçe (tr) | palyaço yüzü | palyaço, palyaço yüzü, yüz |
| Русский (ru) | клоун | арлекин, клоун, смех, смешно, улыбка, цирк, шут |
| Українська (uk) | обличчя клоуна | клоун, обличчя, обличчя клоуна, цирк |
| Ελληνικά (el) | αστεία φάτσα | αστεία φάτσα, κλόουν, πρόσωπο |
| العربية (ar) | وجه مهرج | مهرج, وجه |
| עברית (he) | פרצוף ליצן | ליצן, פרצוף |
| فارسی (fa) | دلقک | بی‌عرضه, تلخک, دلقک, صورت, لوده |
| हिन्दी (hi) | जोकर चेहरा | चेहरा, जोकर |
| বাংলা (bn) | জোকারের মুখ | জোকার, জোকারের মুখ, মুখ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | badut | badut, konyol, lucu, muka, topeng, wajah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | mặt hề | hề, mặt |
| ไทย (th) | หน้าตลก | โจ๊กเกอร์, ตลก, หน้า, หน้าตลก |
| 日本語 (ja) | ピエロの顔 | ピエロ, ピエロの顔, 道化師, 顔 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 어릿광대 얼굴 | 광대, 어릿광대, 얼굴 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 小丑脸 | 小丑, 小丑脸, 脸 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 小丑 | 丑, 小, 小丑, 臉 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hansworsgesig
- Akan (ak): klaawo anim
- Albanian (sq): fytyrë gaztori
- Amharic (am): የአስቂኝ ተዋናይ ፊት
- Anii (blo): kaleta kaayɛ
- Armenian (hy): ծաղրածուի դեմք
- Assamese (as): বিদূষকৰ চেহেৰা
- Azerbaijani (az): kloun üzü
- Bashkir (ba): клоун йөҙө
- Basque (eu): pailazo-aurpegia
- Belarusian (be): твар клоуна
- Bosnian (bs): klaun
- Breton (br): penn furlukin
- Bulgarian (bg): клоунско лице
- Burmese (my): လူပြက်ရုပ်
- Cantonese (yue): 小丑臉
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 小丑脸
- Catalan (ca): cara de pallasso
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎦᎸᏓ ᎤᎧᏛ
- Chuvash (cv): клоун
- Croatian (hr): lice klauna
- Czech (cs): klaunský obličej
- Danish (da): klovneansigt
- Estonian (et): klouninägu
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cara de palhaço
- Faroese (fo): klovn andlit
- Filipino (fil): payaso
- Finnish (fi): pelle
- Galician (gl): cara de pallaso
- Georgian (ka): ჯამბაზის სახე
- Gujarati (gu): વિદૂષકવાળો ચહેરો
- Hausa (ha): fuskar cali-cali
- Hungarian (hu): bohócfej
- Icelandic (is): trúður
- Igbo (ig): ihu njakịrị
- Irish (ga): fearr grinn
- Javanese (jv): rai badhut
- Kalaallisut (kl): klovneansigt
- Kannada (kn): ವಿದೂಷಕ ಮುಖ
- Kazakh (kk): клоун
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سايقىمازاق
- Khmer (km): មុុខថ្លុក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): isura ya jokeri
- Konkani (kok): विदूषक चेरो
- Kyrgyz (ky): маскарапоздун бети
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Palajaj rech Paya’s
- Lao (lo): ໜ້າຕົວຕະຫລົກ
- Latvian (lv): klauna seja
- Lithuanian (lt): klouno veidas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): woblico klowna
- Luxembourgish (lb): Clownegesiicht
- Macedonian (mk): кловн
- Malay (ms): muka badut
- Malayalam (ml): കോമാളി ഭാവം
- Maltese (mt): wiċċ ta’ buffu
- Marathi (mr): विदुषकाचा चेहरा
- Mongolian (mn): алиалагчийн царай
- Māori (mi): kanohi hangareka
- Nepali (ne): हसाउँने मान्छेको अनुहार
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Klaun Im Fes
- Northern Sotho (nso): sefahlego sa rametlae
- Norwegian (no): klovnefjes
- Odia (or): ଜୋକର ମୁହଁ
- Oromo (om): fuula nama qoosuu
- Pashto (ps): ټوکي مخ
- Punjabi (pa): ਜੋਕਰ ਚਿਹਰਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مسخرے دی شکل
- Quechua (qu): pʼaqpaku uya
- Romanian (ro): față de clovn
- Romansh (rm): fatscha da clown
- Sardinian (sc): cara de palliatzu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): aodann tuaisteir
- Serbian (sr): лице кловна
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): lice klovna
- Shan (shn): ၼႃႈၵူၼ်းပျၢၵ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): جوڪر وارو چهرو
- Sinhala (si): විකටය මුහුණ
- Slovak (sk): tvár klauna
- Slovenian (sl): klovnovski obraz
- Somali (so): waji qosol leh
- Swahili (sw): katuni
- Tajik (tg): рӯи масхарабоз
- Tamil (ta): கோமாளி முகம்
- Telugu (te): జోకర్ ముఖం
- Tigrinya (ti): ገጽ ቐላዲ
- Tongan (to): mata tokotaha-fieoli
- Tswana (tn): sefatlhego sa modirametlae
- Turkmen (tk): masgarabaz ýüz
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wobličo clowna
- Urdu (ur): جوکر چہرہ
- Uyghur (ug): سېرىكچى چىراي
- Uzbek (uz): masxaraboz
- Welsh (cy): wyneb clown
- Wolof (wo): kanamu kluun
- Xhosa (xh): ubuso bomhlekisi
- Yoruba (yo): ojú apanilẹrin
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ojú apanilɛrin
- Zulu (zu): umhlekisi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F921` |
| HTML | `🤡` |
| CSS | `\1F921` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F921}` |
| Python | `\U0001F921` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 A1` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD21` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%A1` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤡 clown face emoji mean?

The face of a clown, with white face paint, a red nose and colorful hair. Circuses, parties and silliness are its literal meanings, but online it is also used to say someone is acting foolish. Mocking oneself for a bad decision is another common use.

### How do I type the 🤡 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “clown face”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :clown_face:.

### When was the 🤡 emoji added?

🤡 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🤡?

U+1F921. In HTML you can write 🤡, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F921}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/clown-face-emoji