Persevering face grits through pain instead of giving in: furrowed brows, squeezed-shut eyes, a mouth pulled tight against the strain. It fits a physical ordeal just as easily as an emotional one — the "I'm still standing" face, not the one that gives up.
What 😣 means
This fits a tough workout or a grinding day at work just as well as it fits heartbreak — physical strain, not just an emotional one.
The 😣 Persevering Face emoji signifies a sense of physical and mental exhaustion, a breakdown in the process of hard work, emotional vulnerability, and helplessness.
This emoji essentially animates the human emotion of 'pushing through' or just 'getting by' each day or hardship and tired of waiting for delayed gratification.
How and when to use it
- If you're telling a close friend or even a parent about your everyday struggles, use this emoji in that context.
- You can also use this emoji while expressing emotional exhaustion.
- This emoji can be brought into conversations about challenges and hard work too.
- Use this emoji while telling a close someone about a helpless situation.
Other Names
- 😣 Helplessness
- 😣 Struggling
- 😣 Exhaustion
- 😣 Vulnerable
- 😣 Scrunched Eyes
- 😣 Helpless Face
- 😣 Strife
- 😣 Irritated
- 😣 Enough is Enough Face
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-concerned
- Codepoints
U+1F623- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:persevere:- Keywords
- concentrate, concentration, face, focus, headache, persevere, persevering
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 — 😣 Persevering Face or 🇾🇹 Flag: Mayotte?
Runs with a crowd
😣 keeps company in sad emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.