# 😬 Grimacing face emoji

😬 Grimacing face is an emoji in the neutral and skeptical faces set of Smileys & emotion. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: awk, awkward, dentist, grimace, grinning and smile.

- Emoji: 😬
- Unicode name: grimacing face
- Code points: U+1F62C
- Category: Smileys & emotion, Neutral and skeptical faces
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :grimacing:
- Keywords: awk, awkward, dentist, face, grimace, grimacing, grinning, smile, smiling
- Page: https://emojichart.com/grimacing-face-emoji

## What it means

Clenched, bared teeth in a tense grimace define the expression. Awkwardness, embarrassment and nervousness show up, a 'yikes' feeling after a social blunder or when something goes wrong. Cringe moments and uneasy, strained politeness are where it fits.

## How to type 😬

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cara haciendo una mueca | cara, cara haciendo una mueca, mueca |
| Français (fr) | visage grimaçant | dents, émoticône, gêné, grimace, rien, sourire, visage, visage grimaçant |
| Deutsch (de) | Grimassen schneidendes Gesicht | Gesicht, Grimasse, peinlich, schneiden, Smiley, verziehen, Zähne |
| Italiano (it) | faccina con smorfia | denti, dentista, digrignare, digrignare i denti, faccina, faccina con smorfia, smorfia |
| Português (pt) | rosto expressando desagrado | careta, fazendo careta, rosto, rosto expressando desagrado, rosto fazendo careta, sem graça |
| Nederlands (nl) | gezicht met grimas | gezicht, gezicht met grimas, grimas, grimasgezicht, grinniken, niks, oeps, ongemakkelijk, smiley, tanden op elkaar |
| Svenska (sv) | grimaserande ansikte | ansikte, biter ihop, grimaserar, tänder |
| Polski (pl) | twarz z grymasem | buźka, grymas, grymaśna buźka, twarz z grymasem, wyszczerz, zęby |
| Türkçe (tr) | dişlerini gösteren yüz | dişçi, dişlerini gösteren yüz, dişlerini sıkmak, endişeli, tedirgin, yüz, yüzünü ekşitme |
| Русский (ru) | гримаса | злой, злость, злюсь, зубы, кривляться, показать, рожа |
| Українська (uk) | обличчя з гримасою | гримаса, дантист, дивно, зуби, капець, кривляння, крінж, посмішка, скривлене, стоматолог, усмішка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γκριμάτσα | άβολο, γκριμάτσα, οδοντίατρος, παράξενο, πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο με γκριμάτσα, τίποτα, χαμόγελο |
| العربية (ar) | وجه متجهم | أسنان, ابتسامة, بسمة, حركات, طبيبي أسنان, عبوس, لا شيء, وجه, وجه متجهم, يبتسم |
| עברית (he) | פרצוף חושף שיניים | חושף שיניים, מבוכה, מוטרד, פרצוף, שיניים, שיניים חשוקות |
| فارسی (fa) | دهن‌کجی | ادا و اصول, دهن‌کجی, شکلک, صورت, منزجر |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मुंह बनाता चेहरा | खिसियाता चेहरा, चेहरा, दांत निकालना, दांत पीसना, मुस्कान, मुंह बनाता चेहरा, मुंह बनाना |
| বাংলা (bn) | দাঁত বার করা মুখ | কিছু না, দাঁত, দাঁত বার করা মুখ, ভেংচানো, মুখ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wajah menyeringai | menyeringai, merasa aneh, meringis, muka, nyengir, seringai, wajah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | mặt nhăn nhó | mặt, mặt nhăn nhó, nhăn nhó |
| ไทย (th) | เบะปาก | เบะปาก, ยิงฟัน, หน้า |
| 日本語 (ja) | しかめ面 | いー, しかめっ面, しかめ面, しかめ顔, 顔 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 찌푸린 얼굴 | 미소, 스마일, 아무것도 아님, 얼굴, 이상함, 찌푸린 얼굴, 찡그림, 치과의사 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 龇牙咧嘴 | 咬牙切齿, 尴尬, 牙医, 脸, 露齿, 露齿而笑, 鬼脸, 龇牙咧嘴 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 咬牙 | 咬牙, 咬牙切齒, 臉, 露齒而笑, 鬼臉 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): grynsende gesig
- Akan (ak): grɛmaasin anim
- Albanian (sq): fytyrë e ngërdheshur
- Amharic (am): ታሞ የተጨማደደ ፊት
- Anii (blo): yaashɩ aleeka kaayɛ
- Armenian (hy): ծամածռվող դեմք
- Assamese (as): বিকৃত মুখ
- Azerbaijani (az): üz-gözünü turşudan üz
- Bashkir (ba): теш ыржайтҡан йөҙ
- Basque (eu): imintzio-aurpegia
- Belarusian (be): скрыўлены твар
- Bosnian (bs): grimasa
- Breton (br): dremm ocʼh ober ardoù
- Bulgarian (bg): Лице с гримаса
- Burmese (my): ရှုံ့မဲ့နေသော မျက်နှာ
- Cantonese (yue): 痛苦嘅臉
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 痛苦嘅脸
- Catalan (ca): cara que fa una ganyota amb les dents
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏓᏁᎪᏳᎲᎢ ᎤᎧᏛ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 依起棚牙
- Chuvash (cv): гримас
- Croatian (hr): lice s grimasom
- Czech (cs): grimasa s vyceněnými zuby
- Danish (da): sammenbidt ansigt
- Estonian (et): grimassitav nägu
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cara a fazer caretas
- Faroese (fo): andlit ið vísur tenn
- Filipino (fil): nakangiwi
- Finnish (fi): irvistävä
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤴𞤫𞥅𞤧𞤮 𞤩𞤭𞥅𞤻𞤢𞤴𞤲𞤺𞤮
- Galician (gl): cara apertando os dentes
- Georgian (ka): დამანჭული სახე
- Gujarati (gu): ચેનચાળા કરતો ચહેરો
- Hausa (ha): fuska na ɗauren fuska
- Hungarian (hu): grimaszoló arc
- Icelandic (is): gretta
- Igbo (ig): ihu ntachị anya
- Irish (ga): straoiseog le cár uirthi
- Javanese (jv): rai mringis mbatek
- Kalaallisut (kl): sammenbidt ansigt
- Kannada (kn): ಸೊಟ್ಟ ಮುಖ
- Kazakh (kk): бет-аузын қисайту
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بەت-اۋزىن قيسايتۋ
- Khmer (km): មុខស្អេញស្អូញ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): isura igaragaza amenyo
- Konkani (kok): खिन्न तोंड
- Kyrgyz (ky): кебетесин бузган бет
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ub’anom Palajaj
- Lao (lo): ໜ້າບູດບ້ຽວ
- Latvian (lv): saviebta seja
- Lithuanian (lt): besivaipantis veidas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): grimasu śěgujuce woblico
- Luxembourgish (lb): Grimass schneidend Gesiicht
- Macedonian (mk): лице со гримаса
- Malay (ms): muka menyeringai
- Malayalam (ml): ഗോഷ്‌ടി കാണിക്കുന്ന മുഖം
- Maltese (mt): wiċċ jistmerraħ
- Marathi (mr): वाकुल्या दाखविणारा चेहरा
- Mongolian (mn): ярвалзсан царай
- Māori (mi): kanohi whāita
- Nepali (ne): मुख बनाएको अनुहार
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ọ́glí Fes Wé Sọ́mtin De Pen
- Northern Sotho (nso): sefahlego se tšintšego
- Norwegian (no): grimase
- Odia (or): ବିକୃତ ମୁହଁ
- Oromo (om): fuula saalfii
- Pashto (ps): بړوسېدلی مخ
- Punjabi (pa): ਕਚੀਚੀਆਂ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਚਿਹਰਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): منہ بناندی شکل
- Quechua (qu): uya muecaswan
- Romanian (ro): față cu grimasă
- Romansh (rm): fatscha cun grimassa
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): aodann le drèin air
- Serbian (sr): лице са гримасом
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): lice sa grimasom
- Shan (shn): ၼႃႈႁူတႃႁႄ
- Sindhi (sd): بناوٽي صورت ٺاهيندڙ چهرو
- Sinhala (si): පුලුටු කර ගත් මුහුණ
- Slovak (sk): vyškerená tvár
- Slovenian (sl): spačen obraz
- Somali (so): waji naxdin leh
- Swahili (sw): uso uliokunjwa
- Tajik (tg): рӯи туршкунанда
- Tamil (ta): பற்களைக் கடிக்கும் முகம்
- Telugu (te): కోపంతో పళ్లు కొరుకుతున్న ముఖం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጽዉግ ገጽ
- Tongan (to): mata mioʻi
- Tswana (tn): sefatlhego se se sontseng
- Turkmen (tk): ýyrşarýan ýüz
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wobličo z grimasu
- Urdu (ur): مضحکہ خیز چہرہ
- Uyghur (ug): چىشى قېيىشقان چىراي
- Uzbek (uz): afti burishgan
- Welsh (cy): wyneb ag ystum
- Wolof (wo): kanam guy def yëfi golo
- Xhosa (xh): ubuso obujamileyo
- Yoruba (yo): Oju Ifaro
- Zulu (zu): ubuso obuhlinile

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F62C` |
| HTML | `😬` |
| CSS | `\1F62C` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F62C}` |
| Python | `\U0001F62C` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 98 AC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE2C` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%98%AC` |

## Questions

### What does the 😬 grimacing face emoji mean?

Clenched, bared teeth in a tense grimace define the expression. Awkwardness, embarrassment and nervousness show up, a 'yikes' feeling after a social blunder or when something goes wrong. Cringe moments and uneasy, strained politeness are where it fits.

### How do I type the 😬 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “grimacing 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 :grimacing:.

### When was the 😬 emoji added?

😬 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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

U+1F62C. In HTML you can write 😬, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F62C}.

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