The crying face is the single-tear classic—think cinema-level sorrow, not ugly sobbing. It’s the “I’m holding it together… mostly” vibe: gentle heartbreak, soft disappointment, or a tender “aww” when a puppy commercial ambushes your feelings. People use it for sympathy and condolences, but also ironically for tiny tragedies like burnt toast, sold-out tickets, or that delivery fee that hurt more than the breakup. It’s the Denzel-one-tear meme energy, the soap-opera close-up, the “not me getting emotional over a cartoon robot” confession.
On Apple/iOS, it shows a yellow round face with softly arched inner brows, glossy eyes, and a small downturned mouth, plus one bright blue tear slipping from the left eye across the cheek—front-facing, clean shading, no messy streams. Online, it plays well with lowercase vibes and tender texts: “so proud of you 😢,” “this song… the FEELS,” or a polite, flirty nudge for comfort points. It’s often contrasted with loudly crying face (😭), which is full meltdown; 😢 is the restrained, cinematic close-up. Expect it in stan tweets, sentimental TikTok captions, and “I’m fine, it’s just allergies” jokes when feelings sneak up on you.
Definition
A face with small oval eyes, slight downturned curved mouth, emphasized eyebrows and a tear. A face tearing up. Very sad. Something negative must have happened.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
65 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
:'(
"Short Code" Name
:cry:
Keywords
Sad, Cry, Tear, Weep
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Emoticons
Unicode Range
1F600–1F64F
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Editorial Comment
iEmoji old name: Why are you making me cry. A crying face with an attitude suggesting the other person caused it.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Faces and Smiley's
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Names & Annotations
CRYING FACE Temporary Notes: Forms a pair with e-34D. 1 or 2 tear drops
Symbol Information
U+1F622 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-339
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#Exp.35 'Tear' 涙 U+E72E SJIS-F9D3 JIS-7B4E
KDDI
#791 涙ぽろり 「涙porori」 U+EB69 SJIS-F46D JIS-7B4E
Softbank
#24 #old366 表情(悲しい) 「表情(悲shii)」 U+E413 SJIS-FB53
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e413
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E413
Decimal Code Point(s)
58387
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x90 0x93
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 90 93
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 220 223
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE413
UTF-16 Hex
e413
UTF-16 Dec
58387
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E413
UTF-32 Hex
E413
UTF-32 Dec
58387
Python Src
u"\uE413"
PHP Src
"\xee\x90\x93"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE413"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
😢
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
😢
Decimal HTML Entity
😢
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
😢
Hex Code Point(s)
1f622
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F622
Decimal Code Point(s)
128546
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0xA2
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 98 A2
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 230 242
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDE22
UTF-16 Hex
d83dde22
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56866
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F622
UTF-32 Hex
01F622
UTF-32 Dec
128546
Python Src
u"\U0001F622"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x98\xa2"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDE22"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
