🤦♂️ Man facepalming emoji
HTML
🤦,8205,9794,65039;
Unicode
U+1F926 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
What is 🤦♂️ called?
🤦♂️ is called the Man facepalming emoji.
Often called the facepalm man, frustrated man, or embarrassed man. These are natural descriptions of the gesture, not separate Unicode characters.
What does 🤦♂️ mean?
🤦♂️ is officially named man facepalming. It shows a man pressing one hand against the forehead or face and commonly communicates frustration, embarrassment, disbelief, exasperation, or “I cannot believe this”.
Use it for an obvious mistake, awkward moment, poor decision, repeated error, cringe, or exhausted disappointment. This sequence explicitly selects a man; use the neutral version when gender is irrelevant. Related choices include 🤦 Person facepalming and 🤦♀️ Woman facepalming.
Other meanings
It can mean facepalm, frustration, embarrassment, disbelief, mistake, cringe, exasperation, awkwardness, or regret.
Example Usage
He forgot the password he had just created 🤦♂️
The man spotted the typo after printing everything 🤦♂️
More details
Officially named man facepalming. Its fully qualified sequence is U+1F926 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. It was introduced in Emoji 4.0. This ZWJ sequence combines the base gesture with the male sign and supports skin-tone modifiers.
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Visual description
A male-presenting person is shown with one palm covering part of the face, usually with the head tilted slightly down.
The posture is the defining clue; hair, clothing, and facial details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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