😷Meaning and Description
This emoji depicts a round yellow face donning a white surgical mask. Most platforms originally depicted it with downcast eyes and a slight frown, suggesting that the emoji is feeling sad or unwell. However, in November 2020, with the release of iOS 14.2, Apple📱 made a surprising change to the expression behind the mask, replacing it with the same expression found on the ☺ emoji, giving the 😷 emoji a more optimistic feel. This change was made to reflect the widespread use of masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and to convey a more positive attitude. Following this, other platforms such as Google and Microsoft also altered their designs in the same way.
Before the global COVID-19 pandemic🦠, this emoji was usually associated with sickness, illness, medical professionals or those living in areas with high levels of air pollution. However, the ongoing pandemic catapulted this emoji into daily usage worldwide, emphasizing the importance of health precautions and social responsibility. In recent years, it has been often used when discussing COVID-19 safety measures, vaccine drives💉, or simply encouraging others to mask up.
Additionally, in a more metaphorical context, it might be used to suggest someone is keeping silent or withholding their thoughts, similar to how a mask can cover one's mouth🫢.
Before the global COVID-19 pandemic🦠, this emoji was usually associated with sickness, illness, medical professionals or those living in areas with high levels of air pollution. However, the ongoing pandemic catapulted this emoji into daily usage worldwide, emphasizing the importance of health precautions and social responsibility. In recent years, it has been often used when discussing COVID-19 safety measures, vaccine drives💉, or simply encouraging others to mask up.
Additionally, in a more metaphorical context, it might be used to suggest someone is keeping silent or withholding their thoughts, similar to how a mask can cover one's mouth🫢.
💡Extended reading and popular science
The meaning of emoji symbol 😷 is face with medical mask, it is related to cold, doctor, face, mask, sick, it can be found in emoji category: "😂 Smileys & Emotion" - "🤧 Unwell Face".
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😷Basic Information
Emoji: | 😷 |
Shortname: | face with medical mask |
Apple Name: | face with medical mask |
Known as: | Sick | Bird Flu | Mask Face | SARS | Surgical Mask |
Codepoint: | U+1F637 Copy |
Shortcode: | :mask: Copy |
Decimal: | ALT+128567 |
Unicode Version: | 6.0 (2010-10-11) |
Emoji Version: | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
Categories: | 😂 Smileys & Emotion |
Sub Categories: | 🤧 Unwell Face |
Keywords: | cold | doctor | face | face with medical mask | mask | sick |
Proposal: | L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026 |
👨💻Unicode Information (Advanced Usage)
😷Trend Chart
😷Popularity rating over time
Date Range: 2019-04-07 - 2024-04-07
Update Time: 2024-04-13 17:14:20 UTC 😷and in the last five years, the popularity of this emoji has undergone several large changes.In 2020-03,2020-04 And 2020-07, its popularity showed the biggest increase.In 2018 and 2019, the trend of its popularity converge.
Update Time: 2024-04-13 17:14:20 UTC 😷and in the last five years, the popularity of this emoji has undergone several large changes.In 2020-03,2020-04 And 2020-07, its popularity showed the biggest increase.In 2018 and 2019, the trend of its popularity converge.
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😷Extended Content
😷More Languages
Language | Short Name & Link |
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Arabic | 😷 وجه بكمامة |
Bulgarian | 😷 Лице с медицинска маска |
Chinese, Simplified | 😷 感冒 |
Chinese, Traditional | 😷 口罩 |
Croatian | 😷 lice s medicinskom maskom |
Czech | 😷 obličej s lékařskou rouškou |
Danish | 😷 ansigt med mundbind |
Dutch | 😷 gezicht met doktersmasker |
Filipino | 😷 may suot na medical mask |
Finnish | 😷 naama ja hengityssuoja |
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