Crying face catches the moment just before a real cry breaks — furrowed brows, a frown, and one tear already loose. It's sadness with momentum, heavier than a plain frown but not yet the full sob of its louder cousin.
What 😢 means
A yellow face with furrowed brows and slightly elongated blank eyes, a sad curve for a mouth, and a blue drop of a tear falling off an eye. This emoji suggests a sense of being sad or teary-eyed.
The 😢 Crying Face emoji signifies that choking sensation just before a crying outburst. It reflects the emotion of feeling remorse, regret, pain, misfortune, or even just plain sadness.
How and when to use it
- Use this emoji in less intense sad situations or conversations.
- This emoji can also be used to show that you're on the verge of crying a flooding river of sadness.
- You can bring in this emoji in the context of grief, sympathy, or even pity to a slight extent.
- If you're telling someone about something unfortunate that happened, send this emoji to enhance that emotion of loss or just hurt.
- This emoji can fit into scenarios of hurt, brokenness, and feeling incredibly low too.
- If you're tearing up about something and you just need to tell your bestie before that tear falls off, send this emoji in that message.
Other Names
- 😢 Sad
- 😢 Grief
- 😢 Regret
- 😢 Hurt
- 😢 Pain
- 😢 Tear
- 😢 Teared Up
- 😢 Consolation
- 😢 Worried
😢 in real conversations
What does 😢 mean from a girl?
Real sadness or being genuinely touched — a single tear rolling down means something actually landed emotionally, whether that's bad news, a sad memory, or a sweet gesture that caught her off guard.
What does 😢 mean in texting?
Sad, moved, or grateful to the point of tears. “You didn't have to do that 😢” is happy-crying, not devastation — the tear alone doesn't tell you which one until you read the rest.
Is 😢 sad or happy crying?
Could be either — one tear reads gentler than full sobbing, so it covers everything from mild disappointment to being genuinely touched by good news. What it's replying to settles the question.
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-concerned
- Codepoints
U+1F622- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:cry::crying_face:Discord- Keywords
- awful, cry, crying, face, feels, miss, sad, tear, triste, unhappy
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 😢 Crying Face or 🙁 Slightly Frowning Face?
Runs with a crowd
😢 keeps company in sad emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.