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🤔thinking face

🤔 thinking face belongs to Smileys & Emotion. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

Often used to represent thinking, pondering, or questioning something.

Aliases

:thinking:

Keywords

chinconsiderfacehmmponderponderingthinkingwonderingthinking face

What does 🤔 thinking face mean?

Depicts a face with a hand resting on its chin, often representing deep thought or pondering. It is frequently used to indicate that someone is considering a question, evaluating an idea, or feeling skeptical about a claim. Depending on context, it can also suggest sarcasm or feigned ignorance.

Often used for

Indicating you are thinking about a question or decision
Expressing skepticism or doubt about a statement
Pretending not to know something as a joke
Pondering an idea or wondering about an outcome

Tone: Can sometimes come across as sarcastic or passive-aggressive, especially when used to question the logic of something someone just said.

Illustrative message examples with 🤔

These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.

hmm 🤔 let me think about it
are you sure that's right? 🤔
where should we go for dinner tonight? 🤔
i wonder if they'll actually show up 🤔
wait, how does that even work? 🤔

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How 🤔 thinking face looks

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🤔 thinking face codes for developers

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Emoji	`🤔`
Unicode codepoints	`U+1F914`
HTML (decimal)	`🤔`
HTML (hex)	`🤔`
CSS	`\1F914`
JavaScript	`\u{1F914}`
JSON	`\uD83E\uDD14`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%A4%94`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:thinking:`
Emoticon	`:l`
Emoticon	`:L`