🥲 Smiling Face with Tear Emoji Meaning

Emoji Name Meaning Category Codepoint Shortcodes
🥲 Smiling Face with Tear Expresses bittersweet or grateful sadness. Smileys & Emotion U+1F972 :smiling_face_with_tear:
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Meaning

The 🥲 emoji depicts a face smiling gently with a single tear, representing complex feelings such as bittersweet emotions, gratefulness, or quiet relief mixed with sadness.

Common Uses

  • Showing mixed happiness and sadness
  • Expressing gratitude with emotional undertones
  • Reacting to touching or emotional stories
  • Conveying silent resilience or acceptance
  • Lightheartedly acknowledging minor struggles

Examples

I'm so proud of you 🥲
That movie made me smile and cry at the same time 🥲
Finally finished the project after weeks 🥲

Related Emojis

  • 😊 Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes: simpler happy expression without tears.
  • 😢 Crying Face: pure sadness with tears, no smile.
  • 😌 Relieved Face: calm contentment but no tears.
  • 😭 Loudly Crying Face: intense crying without smiling.

Technical Notes

Codepoint: U+1F972, added to Unicode around 2020. As a face emoji, it typically has no skin tone variants. Appearance may vary slightly across platforms but always features one tear and a subtle smile.

FAQ

  • What does the 🥲 emoji mean?

    The emoji shows a smile with one tear to express mixed emotions like bittersweet joy or grateful sadness.

  • How is the 🥲 emoji used?

    It is used to react emotionally in conversations, often highlighting touching or complex feelings.

  • Does the meaning of the 🥲 emoji change by context?

    Yes, it can signal anything from quiet pride to sentimental relief depending on the situation.

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