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🫠 Melting Face Emoji

Quick answer: 🫠 is the Melting Face emoji. It commonly represents melting and is used in reaction messages and customer support tone.

Unicode name: Melting Face. Category: Smileys & Emotion. Subcategory: Face Smiling.

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Emoji overview

Emoji🫠
Official Unicode nameMelting Face
Unicode versionUnicode 14.0
Emoji versionEmoji 14.0
First introduced2021
CategorySmileys & Emotion
SubcategoryFace Smiling
Unicode blockSymbols and Pictographs Extended-A
Emoji statusfully-qualified
RGI statusRGI fully-qualified emoji
Qualificationfully-qualified
Accessibility nameMelting Face emoji
Alt textMelting Face emoji (🫠)
Summary🫠 is the Melting Face emoji. It commonly represents melting and is used in reaction messages and customer support tone.

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Meaning

Melting Face usually communicates ideas connected with melting. Its meaning depends on the sentence around it, the relationship between sender and reader, and the platform where it appears. In a positive setting, it can make a sentence feel warmer, more expressive or easier to read quickly.

🫠 can carry positive, neutral or negative meaning. Positive use can reinforce warmth, humor, celebration or clarity. Negative use can happen when the emoji feels unclear, dismissive or culturally mismatched. The main risk is ambiguity: the same emoji can feel playful in one conversation and distracting, sarcastic or too casual in another.

Common interpretation comes from the Unicode name, platform artwork and everyday social use. Informally, people use 🫠 in chats, captions, bios and reactions. Professionally, it should be used sparingly, usually in informal updates, friendly support replies, social posts or internal notes where the audience expects a lighter tone. For public content, include enough text for readers and assistive technology to understand the intended meaning.

Melting Face works best when the emotion is already clear from the surrounding words. It can soften a sentence, add warmth, show excitement or make a brief response feel more human.

When to use Melting Face

When not to use Melting Face

History

Melting Face is standardized in the Unicode emoji ecosystem and appears here as Emoji 14.0. Its release year is listed as 2021, with Unicode 14.0 mapping. Unicode defines U+1FAE0; platforms still draw their own artwork.

Platforms refine emoji artwork for legibility, accessibility, brand style and consistency. That is why 🫠 may look different on iPhone, Android, Windows, WhatsApp, Facebook, Discord or X even though copying it sends the same Unicode text.

Primary sources: this record is generated from the Unicode Consortium's Emoji 18.0 data. Release details and standardized names can be checked in the official Unicode Emoji 18.0 charts. Meaning and usage notes are PrintEmoji editorial guidance, not official Unicode definitions.

Accessibility and alt text

Accessible nameMelting Face emoji
Alt textMelting Face emoji (🫠)
Screen reader noteMost assistive technologies announce the emoji by name. Do not rely on 🫠 alone for important meaning.
Writing guidancePut the important words in text first, then use the emoji as supporting tone or a visual cue.
Repeated emoji guidanceAvoid long repeated emoji strings because screen readers may announce each emoji separately.

Unicode information

UnicodeU+1FAE0
Code point1FAE0
UTF-80xF0 0x9F 0xAB 0xA0
UTF-160xD83E 0xDEE0
UTF-320x0001FAE0
HTML decimal🫠
HTML hex🫠
CSS\1FAE0
JavaScript\u{1FAE0}
JSON escape"🫠"
URL encoding%F0%9F%AB%A0
React{"🫠"}
FlutterText("🫠")
Swiftlet emoji = "🫠"
Kotlinval emoji = "🫠"
Pythonemoji = "🫠"
JavaString emoji = "🫠";
JSON"🫠"

Usage examples

Reaction

That made my day 🫠

Caption

Current mood: melting 🫠

Reply

I know exactly what you mean 🫠

Emoji combinations

Pair 🫠 with related emojis when you want a stronger visual phrase. These combinations are suggestions, so adjust them for your platform, audience and tone.

Platform appearance

Emoji artwork varies by operating system, app and emoji font, while the Unicode sequence remains U+1FAE0. A recipient may see different artwork on iPhone, Android, Windows or a social app, but the copied text is the same. Check the written name when a small visual difference could change the meaning.

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FAQ

What does Melting Face mean?

🫠 is the Melting Face emoji. It commonly represents melting and is used in reaction messages and customer support tone.

When should I use Melting Face?

Use Melting Face when it supports the written message and matches the tone of the conversation, caption or label.

What is the Unicode for Melting Face?

The Unicode code point sequence for Melting Face is U+1FAE0.

Can I copy 🫠 Melting Face?

Yes. Use the copy button on this page to copy 🫠, or open the PrintEmoji keyboard to combine it with other emojis.

Can I use Melting Face on Instagram?

Yes. Melting Face can be pasted into Instagram captions, comments, bios and direct messages as a regular Unicode emoji.

How is Melting Face displayed on iPhone?

On iPhone, Melting Face is drawn by Apple's emoji font. The Unicode value is the same, but the artwork can differ from Android or Windows.

Can Android users see Melting Face?

Android users can see Melting Face when their device, app and emoji font support the Unicode version for this emoji.

Is Melting Face appropriate for work?

Melting Face can be appropriate at work when it supports a clear message and matches the culture of the channel. Avoid it in formal or high-stakes communication.

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