# 🤔 Thinking face emoji

🤔 Thinking face is an emoji in the faces with hands set of Smileys & emotion. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: chin, consider, hmm, ponder, pondering and wondering.

- Emoji: 🤔
- Unicode name: thinking face
- Code points: U+1F914
- Category: Smileys & emotion, Faces with hands
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :thinking:
- Keywords: chin, consider, face, hmm, ponder, pondering, thinking, wondering
- Page: https://emojichart.com/thinking-face-emoji

## What it means

Hand on chin and one eyebrow raised, the face is deep in thought. Pondering, doubt and weighing a question are the signals. Ask 'hmm?' with it, question something that seems off, or hint that you are not fully convinced.

## How to type 🤔

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cara pensativa | cara, cara pensativa, duda, pensando |
| Français (fr) | visage en pleine réflexion | émoticône, hum, méditer, penser, réfléchir, réflexion, visage, visage en pleine réflexion |
| Deutsch (de) | nachdenkendes Gesicht | fragen, Gesicht, grübeln, hm, komisch, nachdenken, nachdenklich, Smiley, wundern |
| Italiano (it) | faccina concentrata | arrovellarsi, concentrarsi, dubbio, faccina, faccina che pensa, faccina concentrata, mmm, pensare, scervellarsi |
| Português (pt) | rosto pensativo | curiosa, curioso, dúvida, hmm, ideia, ideias, mão no queixo, pensando, pensativa, pensativo, rosto |
| Nederlands (nl) | nadenkend gezicht | afvragen, denken, gezicht, hmm, kin, nadenken, nadenkend, overwegen |
| Svenska (sv) | ansikte som tänker | ansikte, funderar, fundersamt, tänker, undrar |
| Polski (pl) | myśląca twarz | buźka, hm, hmm, myśląca twarz, myślę, zamyślony, zastanawiam się, zastanowienie |
| Türkçe (tr) | düşünen yüz | düşünen yüz, düşünme, yüz |
| Русский (ru) | думает | думаю, знаю, интересно, мозгами, озадачен, пораскинуть, размышлять, сложно, трудно, хм |
| Українська (uk) | обличчя в роздумах | дай подумаю, думати, задума, не знаю, обличчя, підборіддя, роздуми, треба подумати, у роздумах, хм |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σκέφτομαι | αναρωτιέμαι, θεωρώ, μελετώ, πιγούνι, πρόσωπο, σκεπτόμενο πρόσωπο, σκεπτόμενος, σκέφτομαι, σκέψη, χμμ |
| العربية (ar) | وجه يفكر | أفكر, تأمل, تفكير, وجه, يفكر |
| עברית (he) | פרצוף חושב | חושב, מהרהר, פרצוף, תוהה |
| فارسی (fa) | درحال تفکر | تفکر, درحال تفکر, صورت, فکر کردن, متفکر |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सोचता हुआ चेहरा | चेहरा, विचारमग्न चेहरा, सोचता हुआ चेहरा |
| বাংলা (bn) | চিন্তা করার মত মুখ | চিন্তা করার মত মুখ, চিন্তিত, ব্যক্তি, মুখ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wajah berpikir | berpikir, mikir, muka, pikir, wajah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | mặt suy nghĩ | đang suy nghĩ, mặt, mặt suy nghĩ |
| ไทย (th) | หน้าครุ่นคิด | ครุ่นคิด, คิด, หน้า, หน้าครุ่นคิด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 考える顔 | うーん, 考える, 考える顔, 考え中, 顎に手, 顔 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 생각하는 얼굴 | 고려해서, 곰곰히, 생각 중, 생각에 잠긴 얼굴, 생각하는 얼굴, 얼굴, 음, 턱 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 想一想 | 思考, 想, 想一想, 想事情, 脸 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 思考 | 思考, 沈思, 臉, 表情 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): gesig wat dink
- Akan (ak): redwene anim
- Albanian (sq): fytyrë që mendohet
- Amharic (am): ሃሳቢ ፊት
- Anii (blo): aɖa ʊfaŋʊfaŋʊ kaayɛ
- Armenian (hy): մտածող դեմք
- Assamese (as): চিন্তাশীল মুখ
- Azerbaijani (az): düşünən üz
- Bashkir (ba): уйланыусы йөҙ
- Basque (eu): pentsatzen ari den aurpegia
- Belarusian (be): у роздуме
- Bosnian (bs): razmišljanje
- Breton (br): dremm soñjus
- Bulgarian (bg): Замислено лице
- Burmese (my): စဥ်းစားနေပုံ မျက်နှာ
- Cantonese (yue): 諗野嘅臉
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 谂野嘅脸
- Catalan (ca): cara pensativa
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᎾᏖᏍᎩ ᎤᎧᏛ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 思考中嘅表情
- Chuvash (cv): шухӑшлать
- Croatian (hr): lice koje razmišlja
- Czech (cs): zamyšlený obličej
- Danish (da): tænkende ansigt
- Estonian (et): mõtlev nägu
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cara a pensar
- Faroese (fo): hugsandi andlit
- Filipino (fil): nag-iisip
- Finnish (fi): mietteliäs
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤴𞤫𞥅𞤧𞤮 𞤱𞤮𞤲𞤺𞤮 𞤫 𞤥𞤭𞥅𞤶𞤢𞥄𞤣𞤫
- Galician (gl): cara pensativa
- Georgian (ka): ჩაფიქრებული სახე
- Gujarati (gu): વિચારશીલ ચહેરો
- Hausa (ha): fuska mai tunani
- Hungarian (hu): gondolkodó arc
- Icelandic (is): hugsandi andlit
- Igbo (ig): ihu na-eche echiche
- Irish (ga): straoiseog ag smaoineamh
- Javanese (jv): rai mikir
- Kalaallisut (kl): tænkende ansigt
- Kannada (kn): ಆಲೋಚನೆ ಮುಖ
- Kazakh (kk): ойлану
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ويلانۋ
- Khmer (km): មុខកំពុុងគិត
- Kinyarwanda (rw): isura irimo gutekereza
- Konkani (kok): विचारी चेरो
- Kyrgyz (ky): ойго баткан бет
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Chomanik palajaj
- Lao (lo): ໜ້າກຳລັງຄິດ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): cara pensante
- Latvian (lv): domīga seja
- Lithuanian (lt): mąstantis veidas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): rozmyslowate woblico
- Luxembourgish (lb): nodenklech
- Macedonian (mk): лице што размислува
- Malay (ms): muka sedang berfikir
- Malayalam (ml): ആലോചനയിൽ മുഴുകിയ മുഖം
- Maltese (mt): wiċċ ħosbien
- Marathi (mr): विचार करणारा चेहरा
- Mongolian (mn): бодож байгаа царай
- Māori (mi): kanohi whakaaroaro
- Nepali (ne): सोचमग्न अनुहार
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Fes De Tink
- Northern Sotho (nso): sefahlego se naganago
- Norwegian (no): tenkefjes
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): tenkjefjes
- Odia (or): ଚିନ୍ତାଶୀଳ ମୁହଁ
- Oromo (om): fuula yaaduu
- Pashto (ps): فکرمند مخ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸੋਚ ਰਿਹਾ ਚਿਹਰਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): سوچدی شکل
- Quechua (qu): yuyasqa uya
- Romanian (ro): față gânditoare
- Romansh (rm): fatscha pensiva
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): aodann ri smaoineachadh
- Serbian (sr): лице које размишља
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): lice koje razmišlja
- Shan (shn): ၼႃႈတိုၵ်ႉဝူၼ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): سوچيندڙ چهرو
- Sinhala (si): කල්පනා කරන මුහුණ
- Slovak (sk): premýšľajúca tvár
- Slovenian (sl): razmišljujoči obraz
- Somali (so): waji fakarsan
- Swahili (sw): uso unaotafakari
- Tajik (tg): рӯи аднешакунанда
- Tamil (ta): சிந்திக்கும் முகம்
- Telugu (te): ఆలోచిస్తున్న ముఖం
- Tigrinya (ti): ብሓሳብ ዝተጸመደ ገጽ
- Tongan (to): mataʻi fakakaukau
- Tswana (tn): sefatlhego se se akanyang
- Turkmen (tk): oýlanýan ýüz
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wobličo, kiž rozmysluje
- Urdu (ur): سوچتا چہرہ
- Uyghur (ug): ئويچان چىراي
- Uzbek (uz): o‘ylayotgan yuz
- Welsh (cy): wyneb yn meddwl
- Wolof (wo): kanamu guy xalaat
- Xhosa (xh): ubuso obucingayo
- Yoruba (yo): Ojú tó Ronú
- Zulu (zu): ubuso obucabangayo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F914` |
| HTML | `🤔` |
| CSS | `\1F914` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F914}` |
| Python | `\U0001F914` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 94` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD14` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%94` |

## Questions

### What does the 🤔 thinking face emoji mean?

Hand on chin and one eyebrow raised, the face is deep in thought. Pondering, doubt and weighing a question are the signals. Ask 'hmm?' with it, question something that seems off, or hint that you are not fully convinced.

### How do I type the 🤔 emoji?

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

### When was the 🤔 emoji added?

🤔 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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

U+1F914. In HTML you can write 🤔, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F914}.

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