🥹
Smileys & Emotion
face holding back tears emoji
Trying not to cry — used for emotional moments where you're barely holding it together. Often used for proud, moving, or bittersweet moments rather than pure sadness.
Unicode data
| Character | 🥹 |
| Codepoint | U+1F979 |
| Unicode name | FACE HOLDING BACK TEARS |
| Added in | Unicode 14.0 |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Subcategory | face-concerned |
| HTML entity | 🥹 |
| Shortcode | :face_holding_back_tears: |
Platform support
Apple / iOS✓ Supported
Google / Android✓ Supported
Twitter / X (Twemoji)✓ Supported
Platform designs vary — the same codepoint renders differently on iOS, Android, and web. Twemoji is the open-source reference used on this site (CC BY 4.0).
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