Meaning
Represents feeling sleepy, tired, or ready for bed, often used to say goodnight.
Category: Smileys & Emotion
😪sleepy face
😪 sleepy face belongs to Smileys & Emotion. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
:sleepy:
Keywords
cryingfacegoodnightsadsleepsleepingsleepytiredsleepy face
What does 😪 sleepy face mean?
The sleepy face emoji depicts a face with closed eyes and a snot bubble, a visual trope from anime and manga used to indicate sleep. It is often used to express feeling tired, exhausted, or ready to go to sleep. Depending on context, it can also be used to say goodnight or, because the drop can resemble a tear, to convey mild sadness or crying.
Often used for
- Expressing exhaustion after a long day
- Saying goodnight to someone
- Complaining about being tired at work or school
- Showing that you are falling asleep during a boring activity
- Conveying mild sadness or feeling down
Tone: The tone is generally lighthearted or mildly pathetic rather than deeply distressed. A common pitfall is confusing the snot bubble for a tear, though people do use it to mean crying depending on context.
Illustrative message examples with 😪
These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.
- i'm so exhausted, going to bed early 😪
- that meeting could have been an email 😪
- goodnight!! talk tomorrow 😪
- i've been studying for 5 hours straight 😪
- feeling a little down today 😪
Combos, text art & scenes with 😪
How 😪 sleepy face looks
Appearance varies by device and platform — your system font draws the native version below.
OpenMoji artwork CC BY-SA 4.0 — see attributions.
😪 sleepy face codes for developers
Every format below produces 😪 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.
| Emoji | 😪 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+1F62A | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😪 | |
| HTML (hex) | 😪 | |
| CSS | \1F62A | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F62A} | |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDE2A | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%98%AA | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :sleepy: |
😪 in other languages
Spanishcara de sueñoFrenchvisage endormiGermanschläfriges GesichtItalianfaccina assonnataPortugueserosto sonolentoRussianхочет спатьJapanese眠いKorean졸린 얼굴Chinese困Lithuanianmieguistas veidasPolishsenna twarz
Source: Unicode CLDR
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