Copy and paste the Thinking Face emoji (🤔) in one click. Explore its Smileys & Emotion meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015) developer codes (U+1F914).
Unicode Definition: A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows, resting its chin on its thumb and index finger.
Context & Expression: Pondering, deep thought, skepticism, curiosity, or questioning intent.
Context Tip: Pairing Thinking Face (🤔) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Frequently used with playful skepticism or sarcasm — 'Are you sure about that?' or 'Something isn't adding up here 🤔'. It also serves as a polite way to propose a brainstorm or suggest an alternative idea.
Combine 🤔 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Thinking Face emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
He claims he didn't see the text message, but he posted a story 2 minutes later
Hmm... very interesting timing 🤔 definitely sounds suspicious
Apple has a sharp, focused upward gaze; Google has a softer brow with a tilted head; Microsoft displays clean flat hand positioning.
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 | Thinking Face |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F914 |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 🤔 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 🤔 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F914 |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F914} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A4 94 |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :thinking: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015) |
| Category & Subgroup | Smileys & Emotion (face-hand) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Pondering, deep thought, skepticism, curiosity, or questioning intent. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion category and was standardized in Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015).
Frequently used with playful skepticism or sarcasm — 'Are you sure about that?' or 'Something isn't adding up here 🤔'. It also serves as a polite way to propose a brainstorm or suggest an alternative idea.
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+1F914 (Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015)). In HTML use 🤔 or 🤔; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F914"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F914}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :thinking:.
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