🤔️ Thinking face emoji

A face with a hand on the chin in a thoughtful pose, expressing contemplation, consideration, or deep thinking. This emoji represents pondering a question, weighing options, or trying to solve a problem.

Often used when someone is thinking through a decision, considering possibilities, or expressing curiosity about something. Related to 🤔 Thinking face (same emoji) and 💭 Thought balloon for representing thoughts.

Could also be called Pondering face, contemplative face, chin hand, thoughtful face or wondering face emoji.

Other meanings

Skepticism, doubt, analysis, or intellectual curiosity. Can represent being analytical, philosophical, or trying to figure something out.

Example Usage

Hmm I wonder if that restaurant is still open 🤔

Related emoji

Hands emojis

• 🤗️ Smiling face with open hands
• 🤭️ Face with hand over mouth
• 🫢️ Face with open eyes and hand over mouth
• 🫣️ Face with peeking eye

Thinking emojis

• 🤨️ Face with raised eyebrow
• 🤓️ Nerd face
• 🧐️ Face with monocle
• 😖️ Confounded face

Thinking emojis

• 😣️ Persevering face
• 🧠️ Brain

Visual description

Often shown as a round, yellow face with a hand (usually the right hand) positioned thoughtfully on or near the chin, with eyes looking upward or to the side in a contemplative expression.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.