Face Holding Back Tears 🥹
🥹 (U+1F979) 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: Face Holding Back Tears is part of the Symbols family (block: Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: FACE HOLDING BACK TEARS depicts a face showing intense emotion while trying to stay composed. Use this emoji to convey relief after a close call, sadness in a sensitive moment, or overwhelmed empathy in conversations. In chat or social apps, it helps signal a mix of sorrow and stoicism without words. It can soften a tough message by adding warmth, or show that you are holding back feelings in a difficult situation. When describing experiences in reports or UI text, it clarifies tone beyond plain words. For accessibility, include surrounding text that explains the sentiment to assist screen readers. Appearance may vary across platforms, apps, and fonts, so color and detail differ. Ensure the meaning remains clear with context.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F979 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+1F979 - General Category:
So - Age:
14.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A5 B9 - UTF-16:
D83E DD79 - UTF-32:
0001F979 - HTML dec:
🥹 - HTML hex:
🥹 - JS escape:
\u{1F979} - Python \N{}:
\N{FACE HOLDING BACK TEARS} - Python \U:
\U0001F979 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A5%B9 - CSS escape:
\1F979
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+1F979 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.