Copy and paste the Pleading Face emoji (🥺) in one click. Explore its Smileys & Emotion meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 11.0 / Unicode 11.0 (2018) developer codes (U+1F97A).
Unicode Definition: Features huge, puppy-dog style glossy eyes with furrowed eyebrows and a slight frown.
Context & Expression: Expresses vulnerability, gentle begging, deep gratitude, or being overwhelmed by cuteness and affection.
Context Tip: Pairing Pleading Face (🥺) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Frequently paired with 👉👈 in texting to portray shyness, asking for a small favor, or reacting to heartwarming pet videos.
Combine 🥺 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Pleading Face emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
Are you passing by the bakery on your way home?
Could you please grab an extra almond croissant if they have any left? 🥺
Already in line, consider it done!
Apple depicts shimmering, reflective ocular highlights; Google shows large rounded pupil reflections; Microsoft uses soft gradient shading.
High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'| Platform / Vendor | Glyph Preview | System Emoji Font | Rendering Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS / macOS | 🥺 | Apple Color Emoji | High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting |
| Google Android | 🥺 | Noto Color Emoji | Clean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry |
| Samsung One UI | 🥺 | Samsung Color Emoji | Vibrant high-contrast One UI color styling |
| Microsoft Windows | 🥺 | Segoe UI Emoji | Fluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags) |
| X / Discord (Twemoji) | 🥺 | Twitter Color Emoji | Flat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography |
Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.
| Character | 🥺 |
|---|---|
| Official Unicode Name | Pleading Face |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F97A |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 🥺 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 🥺 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F97A |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F97A} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A5 BA |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :pleading_face: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 11.0 / Unicode 11.0 (2018) |
| Category & Subgroup | Smileys & Emotion (sad) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Expresses vulnerability, gentle begging, deep gratitude, or being overwhelmed by cuteness and affection. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion category and was standardized in Emoji 11.0 / Unicode 11.0 (2018).
Frequently paired with 👉👈 in texting to portray shyness, asking for a small favor, or reacting to heartwarming pet videos.
Click the "Copy Emoji (🥺)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.
The Unicode code point is U+1F97A (Emoji 11.0 / Unicode 11.0 (2018)). In HTML use 🥺 or 🥺; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F97A"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F97A}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :pleading_face:.
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