😨
Smileys & Emotion
fearful face emoji
Wide eyes and open mouth — genuine fear or being startled. Used for scary news, horror content, and situations where something has truly alarmed you.
Unicode data
| Character | 😨 |
| Codepoint | U+1F628 |
| Unicode name | FEARFUL FACE |
| Added in | Unicode 0.6 |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Subcategory | face-concerned |
| HTML entity | 😨 |
| Shortcode | :fearful: |
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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