The face with head-bandage is the universal "I lived to tell the tale" emoji—perfect for those moments when life bonks you on the noggin, literally or emotionally. People drop it after clumsy mishaps, gym fails, meme-worthy stumbles, or when Monday shows up swinging. It also doubles as a dramatic flair for minor inconveniences—stubbed a toe, checked your bank account, tried that TikTok trend and immediately regretted it—cue the bandage. In texts and tweets, it says oof, I’m hurt but still functioning, with a side of self-deprecating humor.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a front-facing yellow face with a soft gradient, sad eyebrows, and a tiny frown, wrapped in a clean white gauze bandage that crosses the forehead and loops over the crown with subtle gray shadows—instantly recognizable as cartoon-level “ow.” It’s a go-to for sympathy replies, “send care” vibes, and playful “emotional damage” punchlines. You’ll see it paired with ice pack or skull emojis for extra drama, or sarcastically after getting roasted in the group chat. Basically, it’s the internet’s gentle pat on the head that says: you got bonked, but you’re still in the game.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 181 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 - 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) | 1f915 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F915 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129301 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0x95 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A4 95 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 244 225 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD15 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd15 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56597 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F915 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F915 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129301 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F915" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa4\x95" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD15" |
