The face with medical mask is the universal mood for sick days, subway commutes, and “I’m staying in, thanks.” It blew up during 2020 as a quick way to say mask up, stay safe, or I’m under the weather without typing a whole PSA. People drop it for colds, allergies, hospital visits, or just to dodge drama with a polite, germ-free vibe. It can also read as hush mode—like you’re keeping quiet, muffled, or avoiding the chaos.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a yellow face seen straight-on, wearing a crisp white surgical mask with soft gray pleats and tiny strap lines hugging the cheeks. The eyes are gentle and slightly curved, giving calm, maybe-smiling energy rather than doom—classic Apple “everything’s fine” styling. The contrast of bright yellow skin and bright white mask makes it instantly recognizable, especially with the subtle shading that hints at a snug, real-world fit over the nose and mouth.
Online, it doubles as a smell-defense emoji (hello crowded elevator), a dusty-room warning, or a playful nod to ninja/incognito mode. It shows up in quarantine humor, paired with soap and sanitizer, or as a wink to East Asian mask fashion long before it was global. Used sarcastically, it says I can’t even with these germs/this air/that situation; used sweetly, it’s a masked smile that still feels caring. Whether you’re signaling a doctor run, flu-season caution, or just protecting your peace, this little mask does a lot of social work in one tiny square.
Definition
A face with closed eyes and mask over mouth. This emoji is sick and contagious a very courteous emoji by not spreading disease. That, or this emoji is taking a safety precaution so as to avoid getting sick by others.
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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)
188 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
:mask:
Keywords
Sick, Virus, Flu, Medical, Mask
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Emoticons
Unicode Range
1F600–1F64F
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Editorial Comment
iEmoji old name: Won't say a word. Mouth is covered. They won't talk.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Faces and Smiley's
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Names & Annotations
FACE WITH MEDICAL MASK Old name: FACE WITH MASK Temporary Notes: Under the weather (wearing a breathing mask)
Symbol Information
U+1F637 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-32E
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[風邪ひき]
KDDI
#448 風邪ひき 「風邪hiki」 U+EAC7 SJIS-F39B JIS-797B
Softbank
#31 #old359 表情(マスク) 「表情(masuku)」 U+E40C SJIS-FB4C
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)
e40c
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E40C
Decimal Code Point(s)
58380
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x90 0x8C
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 90 8C
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 220 214
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE40C
UTF-16 Hex
e40c
UTF-16 Dec
58380
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E40C
UTF-32 Hex
E40C
UTF-32 Dec
58380
Python Src
u"\uE40C"
PHP Src
"\xee\x90\x8c"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE40C"
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)
1f637
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F637
Decimal Code Point(s)
128567
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0xB7
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 98 B7
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 230 267
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDE37
UTF-16 Hex
d83dde37
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56887
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F637
UTF-32 Hex
01F637
UTF-32 Dec
128567
Python Src
u"\U0001F637"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x98\xb7"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDE37"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
