🫨️ Shaking face emoji
HTML
🫨
Unicode
U+1FAE8
What is 🫨️ called?
🫨️ is called the Shaking face emoji.
Also known as the vibrating face or rattled face. It may be called the earthquake face in literal shaking contexts, although its meaning also includes emotional shock.
What does 🫨️ mean?
The shaking face emoji expresses shock, panic, intense excitement, disbelief, or feeling physically rattled. Motion around the face makes the reaction look as if it is vibrating.
It can show trembling from fear, cold, stress, or anticipation. 😱 Face screaming in fear focuses on terror, while 😵💫 Face with spiral eyes suggests dizziness or disorientation without the same visible shaking motion.
Use it for startling news, sensory overload, an earthquake, a freezing day, or excitement so strong that a still face feels insufficient.
Other meanings
It may represent vibration, loud bass, an alarm, instability, or being shaken awake. In literal safety contexts, words should clarify whether an earthquake or medical symptom is involved.
Example Usage
That thunderclap shook the whole house 🫨
I just saw the surprise announcement and I am stunned 🫨
More details
Its Unicode code point is U+1FAE8, and it was introduced in Emoji 15.0. The motion effect applies to the whole face, separating it from the later directional head-shaking sequences.
Visual description
A yellow face appears blurred, doubled, or surrounded by motion lines, making the whole head look as though it is rapidly shaking. The eyes and mouth are usually open.
Platforms use different visual methods, including wavy outlines, offset facial features, and horizontal movement marks.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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