A whole mood in one tiny picture: this emoji is the digital version of “treat yo’ self.” It signals spa bliss, scalp rubs, and the pure serotonin of someone working the stress knots out of your week. People drop it when booking a wellness day, hinting for a head rub from bae, or announcing that post-gym recovery involves more than just stretching.
It pops up in self-care captions, Sunday reset stories, and “I survived Monday” memes. Used ironically, it’s the go-to after one stressful email or a 3-minute yoga video: “brb, need a full body reset.” It can be flirty (“hands ready?”), dramatic (“my brain needs a soft reboot”), or earnest (migraine relief check-ins, tension headaches, and post-PT life). Expect it to travel with candle, tea, towel, and bubble emojis for maximum spa-core aesthetics.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll recognize a calm, closed‑eyes face with a soft, relaxed expression while two hands press gently at the temples/scalp from above. The composition is front-facing, cropped at the shoulders, with neutral, clean colors and the default yellow skin tone; it screams “ahhh” without making a sound. Gendered variants exist, and skin tone modifiers apply, but the vibe remains the same: serene, centered, and one deep tissue away from enlightenment.
Definition
Role Symbols. iEmoji old name: Female with Bra on her Head. Sometimes to look funny a person will put a bra on their head, and yes it does look funny.
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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)
1587 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:massage:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Face Massage woman getting massage Woman Getting Massage person getting massage
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Personal Care Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Personal Care Symbols
Names & Annotations
FACE MASSAGE
Symbol Information
U+1F486 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-197
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[エステ]
KDDI
#297 エステ 「esute」 U+E50B SJIS-F6E4 JIS-7666
Softbank
#273 #old300 エステ 「esute」 U+E31E SJIS-F9BE
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)
e31e
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E31E
Decimal Code Point(s)
58142
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x8C 0x9E
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 8C 9E
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 214 236
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE31E
UTF-16 Hex
e31e
UTF-16 Dec
58142
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E31E
UTF-32 Hex
E31E
UTF-32 Dec
58142
Python Src
u"\uE31E"
PHP Src
"\xee\x8c\x9e"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE31E"
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)
1f486
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F486
Decimal Code Point(s)
128134
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x86
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 92 86
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 222 206
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC86
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc86
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56454
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F486
UTF-32 Hex
01F486
UTF-32 Dec
128134
Python Src
u"\U0001F486"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x92\x86"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC86"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
