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Sleepy Face Emoji 😪

Eyes shut with a puffy blue bubble ballooning from the nose, the sleepy face draws straight from manga, where the bubble means drifting off, not crying. Despite constant mix-ups with tears, it's meant for exhaustion, boredom, or just really needing a nap.

What 😪 means

A yellow-faced emoji with closed eyes, relaxed eyebrows, an open mouth indicating a tiny yawn, and a snot bubble coming out from a non-existent nose.

The snot bubble here is inspired by the anime way of showing deep sleep. The 😪 Sleepy Face emoji suggests sleepiness, laziness, 'crashing', tired AF, etc. It is also a way of telling that someone is deep-asleep, 'sleeping like a log', 'knocked out' or just plain sleeping.

How and when to use it

If you're texting goodnight, use this emoji as a cute way of saying you need to crash ASAP.
Use this emoji while sending a picture/video of someone deeply sleeping.
This emoji can also be used as a reaction to a sleeping video/photo someone sent.
If you've had a long day and you're tired as hell, send this emoji as a sign of exhaustion and extreme sleepiness.

Other Names

😪 Sleepy
😪 Sleepy Head
😪 Drowsy
😪 Side-Tear
😪 Tired Face
😪 Snot Bubble
😪 Exhausted

😪 in real conversations

What does 😪 mean from a girl?

Sleepy or bored, not sad — that bubble by the nose is a sleep bubble, not a tear, so this one's about needing a nap, not needing a shoulder to cry on.

What does 😪 mean in texting?

Drowsy, dragging, ready for bed. “It's only 9pm and I'm 😪” is the classic use — low energy rather than low mood, no sadness implied at all.

Is that a tear on 😪?

No — it's a snot or sleep bubble, the cartoon shorthand for someone dozing off, not crying. Easy to mix up with a crying face at a glance, but the meaning is exhaustion, not sadness.

The lowdown

Category: Smileys & Emotion › face-sleepy
Codepoints: U+1F62A
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :sleepy::sleepy_face: Discord
Keywords: crying, face, good, night, sad, sleep, sleeping, sleepy, tired

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.