The confused face is the universal “wait… huh?” you fire off when the math isn’t mathing, the vibes are off, or someone’s story has more plot holes than a low-budget thriller. It signals mild bafflement—more puzzled puppy than full-on meltdown—and often stands in for a cluster of question marks with softer edges. People use it after contradictory texts, mysterious charges on a receipt, or when the group chat makes plans that defy both time zones and common sense. It can also read as awkward or sheepish, like admitting you don’t get the assignment but you’re trying your best. In meme-speak, it pairs well with “brain.exe stopped working” or a sarcastic “interesting… if true.”
On Apple/iOS, this emoji is a round yellow face with a warm gradient, small oval eyes, and gently furrowed brows that tip inward—subtle worry without the drama. The signature is the crooked, diagonal mouth: uneven, a little wobbly, like it got stuck mid-thought, instantly selling that puzzled energy. It’s front-facing with no head tilt, no tears, no hand—just a clean, glossy look and a faint shadow that makes it pop. Online, it’s dropped sarcastically after obvious takes, flirtatiously when you’re “playing dumb,” or paired with thinking face to upgrade from “confused” to “existentially perplexed.” Culturally, it echoes reaction images like Confused Nick Young or the math-lady meme, but lands softer—more “huh?” than “what in the algorithm.” And yes, people mix it up with worried face or confounded face, but this one is the chill, slightly-off-kilter cousin rather than the stressed-out sibling.
A face with round eyes and slightly downturned curved mouth. Huh? I don't get it…
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 207 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 | :confused: |
| Keywords | Confused, Confuse, Daze, Perplex, Puzzle |
| Unicode Category | Emoticons |
| Unicode Range | 1F600–1F64F |
| Unicode Subcategory | Faces |
Dazed and Confused
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 6 - 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) | 1f615 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F615 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128533 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0x95 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 98 95 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 230 225 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDE15 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dde15 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56853 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F615 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F615 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128533 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F615" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x98\x95" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDE15" |
