The sleeping face emoji shows a face with closed eyes, an open snoring mouth, and "Z" letters drifting above it. It represents being asleep or deeply tired — used to say goodnight, describe someone dozing off, or express boredom and exhaustion with a conversation or situation.
What 😴 means
A yellow face with deeply closed eyes, an 'O' for a mouth indicating a snore and a couple of the letter 'Z' on the corner of the head. These Zs are a cartoony way of showing sleep or being deep asleep.
The 😴 Sleeping Face emoji signifies super deep sleep, the kind with intense REM. This emoji suggests that someone just cannot be woken up or that you need to hit the sack. It can also signify boredom to a certain extent.
How and when to use it
- If you're going to bed, send this cute emoji with a goodnight text.
- Send this emoji as a response to a goodnight text with another 'Goodnight' text, of course.
- If you're talking about someone who's fast asleep, send this emoji.
- Send this emoji if you're bored with the conversation, or just generally with life.
- Use this emoji as a reaction to a cute sleepy photo/video of someone.
- If there's an orchestra of snores at home and you want to tell your bestie about it, send this emoji with a voice recording if you can.
Other Names
- 😴 Sleepy
- 😴 Fast Asleep
- 😴 Zzz Face
- 😴 Snoring
- 😴 Snoring Face
- 😴 Tired
- 😴 Bored
😴 Sleeping
😴 in real conversations
What does 😴 mean from a girl?
Usually literal: heading to bed, or exhausted after a long day. Sent mid-conversation, it can also be a polite way of saying she's bored and checking out.
What does 😴 mean from a guy?
Most often a goodnight sign-off, or a reaction to something so uneventful it put him to sleep — “that movie 😴” is a review, not a bedtime update.
What does 😴 mean in texting?
Tiredness or sleep, plain and simple, with a secondary job as the polite version of “this is boring.” The snoring Z's do the talking either way.
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-sleepy
- Codepoints
U+1F634- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0
- Shortcodes
:sleeping::sleeping_face:Discord- Keywords
- bed, bedtime, face, good, goodnight, nap, night, sleep, sleeping, tired, whatever, yawn, zzz
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.
Pairs well with
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⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 😴 Sleeping Face or 🌻 Sunflower?