# 🤦🏼‍♀️ Woman facepalming emoji: medium-light skin tone

🤦🏼‍♀️ is the woman facepalming emoji (🤦‍♀️) with medium-light skin tone. It's 🤦‍♀️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🤦🏼‍♀️
- Unicode name: woman facepalming: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F926 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🤦‍♀️ Woman facepalming](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A woman covering her face with her hand in dismay. Exasperation, disbelief, embarrassment and the feeling behind "not again" or "oh no" all fit, as do reactions to something silly.

## Other skin tones

- 🤦‍♀️ [Woman facepalming](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-emoji.md)
- 🤦🏻‍♀️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤦🏽‍♀️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤦🏾‍♀️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🤦🏿‍♀️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F926 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🤦🏼‍♀️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🤦 [Person facepalming](https://emojichart.com/person-facepalming-emoji.md) (U+1F926)
2. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🤦🏼‍♀️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “woman facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “woman facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “woman facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “woman facepalming”, then pick medium-light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mujer con la mano en la frente: tono de piel claro medio | facepalm, frente, incredulidad, mano, mujer con la mano en la frente, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | femme avec la paume sur le visage : peau moyennement claire | encore, exaspération, femme, femme avec la paume sur le visage, incrédulité, incroyable, j’y crois pas, main sur le visage, oh non, oubli, paume, peau moyennement claire, personne |
| Deutsch (de) | sich an den Kopf fassende Frau: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | fassen, Frau, frustriert, genervt, Gesicht, Kopf, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, oh nein, OMG, unfassbar, unglaublich, verzweifelt |
| Italiano (it) | donna esasperata: carnagione abbastanza chiara | carnagione abbastanza chiara, donna, esasperata, esasperazione, figuraccia, gesto, imbarazzo, incredula, mano sul viso, non ci credo, oddio, persona |
| Português (pt) | mulher decepcionada: pele morena clara | como assim, decepção, decepcionada, desapontamento, inacreditável, meu deus, mulher, não acredito, não é possível, pele morena clara |
| Nederlands (nl) | vrouw die het gezicht met de hand bedekt: lichtgetinte huidskleur | ergernis, facepalm, gebaar, gezicht bedekken, lichtgetinte huidskleur, omg, ongeloof, ongelooflijk, persoon, schaamte, vrouw, vrouw die het gezicht met de hand bedekt |
| Svenska (sv) | kvinna som slår sig för pannan: mellanljus hy | facepalm, frustration, irritation, kvinna, kvinna som slår sig för pannan, mellanljus hy |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta trzymająca się za czoło: karnacja średnio jasna | brak słów, facepalm, fejspalm, irytacja, karnacja średnio jasna, kobieta, kobieta trzymająca się za czoło, nie, niedowierzanie, omg, osoba, załamka, zrezygnowanie |
| Türkçe (tr) | eliyle yüzünü kapatan kadın: orta açık cilt tonu | aman tanrım, çileden çıkma, el, eliyle yüzünü kapatan kadın, inanamıyorum, inanmama, kadın, öfke, olamaz, orta açık cilt tonu, sinir, utanç, utancından eliyle yüzünü kapatma |
| Русский (ru) | женщина потеряла дар речи: светлый тон кожи | женщина, надоело, нет, омг, позор, раздражение, светлый тон кожи, слов, фейспалм, хватит |
| Українська (uk) | жінка, що підносить долоню до обличчя: помірно світлий тон шкіри | не може бути, о боже, помірно світлий тон шкіри, розчарування, рука, рукалице, скільки можна, сором, фейспалм |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα αγανακτά: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | αγανάκτηση, γυναίκα, γυναίκα αγανακτά, δυσπιστία, έλεος, Θέε μου, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, όχι πάλι, παλάμη στο πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο, χειρονομία, ωχ |
| العربية (ar) | سيدة تشعر بإحباط: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | أشخاص, إحباط, السخط, امرأة, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, حيرة, سيدة تشعر بإحباط, صدمة, عدم تصديق, لا, ليس مجددًا, يا إلهي |
| עברית (he) | אישה מתוסכלת: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | אדם, אוי לא, אין מצב, אישה, בהלם, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, לא מאמינה, לא עוד פעם, נו באמת, תסכול |
| فارسی (fa) | زن با کف دست به پیشانی می‌زند: پوست روشن | افتضاح, ای وای, با کف دست به پیشانی زدن, باورم نمیشه, باورم نمی‌شود, پوست روشن, خجالت دارد, دست, زن, زن با کف دست به پیشانی می‌زند, زن مستأصل, شوک, صورت, کف دست, گذاشتن دست ها روی صورت, ناامیدی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | माथे पर हाथ रखी हुई महिला: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | अविश्वास, ओह माय गॉड, क्रोध, परेशान महिला, महिला, माथे पर हाथ, माथे पर हाथ रखी हुई महिला, माथे पे हाथ, शॉक, हल्की गोरी त्वचा, हैरानी |
| বাংলা (bn) | মেয়েদের কপালে হাত: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অবিশ্বাস, ওহ না, কপালে হাত, কষ্ট পাওয়া, ক্রোধ, মহিলা, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, মাথায় হাত, মেয়ে, মেয়েদের কপালে হাত, সন্দেহ, হতবাক, হায় আল্লাহ্‌, হায় ঈশ্বর, হায় ভগবান |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wanita tepuk jidat: warna kulit cerah-sedang | cape deh, isyarat, jidat, kesal, letih, oh tidak, perempuan, sangsi, tangan, tepuk dahi, tepuk jidat, wanita, wanita tepuk jidat, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người phụ nữ lấy tay che mặt: màu da sáng trung bình | hoài nghi, không tin nổi, lắc đầu, lại nữa rồi, màu da sáng trung bình, người lấy tay che mặt, người phụ nữ lấy tay che mặt, nữ, tay che mặt, thở dài thườn thượt, tức giận |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้หญิงเอามือก่ายหน้าผาก: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | กุมขมับ, งง, ช็อค, ตกใจ, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, โธ่, ผิดหวัง, ผู้หญิง, ไม่นะ, เสียใจ, เหลือเชื่อ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ひたいに手をあてる女: やや薄い肌色 | あちゃー, うそでしょ, ジェスチャー, ショック, ひたいに手, ひたいに手をあてる女, またか, やや薄い肌色, 信じられない, 女, 女性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 골치 아파하는 여자: 연한 갈색 피부 | 골치 아파하는 여자, 당황, 맙소사, 분노, 세상에, 손바닥, 얼굴에 손바닥을 갖다 댐, 여자, 연한 갈색 피부, 이럴 수가, 이마에 손, 짜증 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 女生捂脸: 中等-浅肤色 | 中等-浅肤色, 女, 女子捂脸, 女生捂脸, 尴尬, 恼怒, 我的天哪, 扶额, 捂脸, 无奈, 无语, 难以置信, 震惊 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 女生遮臉：黃皮膚 | 不敢相信, 喔不, 噢不, 天啊, 女, 女生遮臉, 捂臉, 無言, 難以置信, 震驚, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vrou slaan hand teen voorkop: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): ɔbaa de ne nsa rebɔ n’anim: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): grua që vë dorën në kokë: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ሴት ፊት መቅላት: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): կինը կորցրել է խոսելու ունակությունը․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): মূৰত হাত দি থকা মহিলা: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): üzünü tutan qadın: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): йөҙөн ҡул менән ҡаплаусы ҡатын-ҡыҙ: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): esku-azpia aurpegian duen emakumea: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): жанчына з далонню на твары: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): žena s rukom na čelu: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): жена с ръка върху лицето: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): မျက်နှာကို လက်ဝါးဖြင့်အုပ်ထားသူ အမျိုးသမီး − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): femme avec paume de la main sur le visage : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 用手遮臉嘅女人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 用手遮脸嘅女人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): dona amb la mà a la cara: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᎤᎧᏛᎢ ᎠᏓᏏᏔᏗᏍᎬᎢ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 遮住面嘅女人：黃皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): хӗрарӑм сӑмах пултарулӑхне ҫухатрӗ: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): žena lupa dlanom o čelo: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): žena chytající se za hlavu: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): kvinde slår sig for panden: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): käega vastu pead lööv naine: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mulher de palma na face: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): vónbrotin kvinna: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): babaeng naka-facepalm: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kasvonsa kädellä peittävä nainen: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): muller facendo xesto de incredulidade: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): სახეზე ხელაფარებული ქალი: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): માથા ઉપર હાથ દેતી સ્ત્રી: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mace nunawa kunya: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): face par palm rakhe huye mahila: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): arcát a kezébe temető nő: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): kona með hönd fyrir andlit: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwanyị na-ezo ihu ya èzo: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): bean lena haghaidh ina bos: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong wadon anutup raine mawa dlamakan: kulit putih langsep
- Kannada (kn): ಮುಖಮುಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): айтуға сөз таппай тұрған әйел: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ايتۋعا ءسوز تاپپاي تۇرعان ايەل: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): នារីខ្ទប់មុខ: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugore ushyize ikiganza mu maso: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): कपलाचेर हात मारपी बायल: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): бетин кармаган аял: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): ixoq ktajin kuya’ uq’ab’ chi upalaj: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຍິງເອົາມືກ່າຍປິດໜ້າ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): sieviete ar saķertu galvu: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): dònna esasperâ: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): susierzinusi moteris: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se za głowu pśimjeca žeńska: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Fra, déi sech d’Hand widder de Kapp schléit: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): жена и неверување: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): perempuan menepuk muka: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തലയിൽ കൈവയ്ക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): mara tagħmel facepalming: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): कपाळाला हात लावलेली महिला: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): урам хугарч буй эмэгтэй: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): wahine ringakanohi: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): चिन्तित छोरीमान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúman Ték Wọ́n Hand Kọ́vá Im Fes: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): mosadi a beile bokagare bja seatla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): kvinne som slår hånden mot pannen: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): kvinne som slår handa mot panna: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ମହିଳା ମୁହଁରେ ପାପୁଲି ମାରୁଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dubartii barruun fuula qabatte: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): ښځه تندي ته ټک ورکوی: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੱਥੇ ’ਤੇ ਹੱਥ ਰੱਖਦੀ ਇਸਤਰੀ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): منہ اوتے ہتھ رکھدی زنانی: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): warmi makian uyapi: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): femeie care își acoperă fața cu o palmă: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): dunna cun la palma-maun sin la fatscha: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): boireannach le aodann na làmhan: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): жена с руком на челу: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): жена с руком на челу: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): žena s rukom na čelu: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): žena s rukom na čelu: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈယိင်းတူမ်းၼႃႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): عورت جو نراڙ تي هٿ ڏيڻ: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): මුහුණේ අල්ල ගසා සිටින කාන්තාව: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): žena chytajúca sa za hlavu: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): ženska, ki obraz prekriva z dlanjo: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): naag calaacal waji saaranaysa: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamke anayueashiria kutoamini: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Swahili (Kenya) (sw-KE): mwanamke anayeashiria kutoamini: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): зане, ки рӯяшро бо дастонаш пӯшида истодааст: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): விரக்தியடைந்த பெண்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): తల కొట్టుకుంటున్న స్త్రీ: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጓል ኣንስተይቲ ንገጻ ሒዛ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): fefine nima ʻihe mata: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): mosadi ka legofi mo sefatlhegong: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): elini maňlaýyna urýan zenan: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): žona, kiž so za hłowu přimnje: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): شرمندگی ظاہر کرتی ہوئی عورت: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): يۈزىنى تۇتقان ئايال: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): ayol yuzini berkitmoqda: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): menyw yn codi cledr i’w wyneb: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): ju taf loxo ci kanamam: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): ibhinqa eligqume ubuso ngezandla: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): obìnrí tín fọwọ́bojú: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): obìnrí tín fɔwɔ́bojú: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ukuzifihla kowesimame: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F926 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🤦🏼‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F926\1F3FC\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F926}\u{1F3FC}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F926\U0001F3FC\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A4 A6 F0 9F 8F BC E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD26 D83C DFFC 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A4%A6%F0%9F%8F%BC%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🤦🏼‍♀️ mean?

A woman covering her face with her hand in dismay. Exasperation, disbelief, embarrassment and the feeling behind "not again" or "oh no" all fit, as do reactions to something silly. 🤦🏼‍♀️ shows it with medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🤦🏼‍♀️ and 🤦‍♀️?

🤦🏼‍♀️ is the 🤦‍♀️ woman facepalming emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🤦‍♀️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F926 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🤦🏼‍♀️?

Find 🤦‍♀️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “woman facepalming”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🤦🏼‍♀️?

U+1F926 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🤦🏼‍♀️

### When was 🤦🏼‍♀️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/woman-facepalming-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji