Slightly Frowning Face 🙁
🙁 (U+1F641) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Slightly Frowning Face is part of the Symbols family (block: Emoticons). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The SLIGHTLY FROWNING FACE depicts a small frown in text and UI. It can express mild disappointment, concern, or polite hesitation in messages. Use it in interfaces to show a reserved mood without strong emotion. When designing captions or alerts, a light frown can soften tone while signaling something to review. Remember that appearance varies across platforms, apps, and fonts, so color and detail differ and a simple fallback may be monochrome. If color emoji support is missing, rely on a text alternative or context to keep meaning clear. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended feeling so readers who rely on assistive tech understand the sentiment.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F641 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F641 - General Category:
So - Age:
7.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Emoticons - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 99 81 - UTF-16:
D83D DE41 - UTF-32:
0001F641 - HTML dec:
🙁 - HTML hex:
🙁 - JS escape:
\u{1F641} - Python \N{}:
\N{SLIGHTLY FROWNING FACE} - Python \U:
\U0001F641 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%99%81 - CSS escape:
\1F641
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F641 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🙁 (hex) or 🙁 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.