U+1F642 U+200D U+2195 U+FE0F
Head Shaking Vertically
About
Head shaking vertically is a zero-width-joiner sequence combining ๐ slightly smiling face and โ up-down arrow. Part of the Smileys & Emotion group, face neutral skeptical subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 15.1, released in 2023.
Platform renderings
10 platforms shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.
Timeline
2022 โ 2026Showing 50 of 50 events through 2026
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- 2023Unicode
Added in Emoji 15.1
Introduced in Emoji 15.1
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First appeared on Microsoft 3D Fluent
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First appeared on Microsoft Teams
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Date it reached devices. AOSP source dropped 2024-09-03.
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Microsoft 3D Fluent Fluent 16.0
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Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 August 2025 Update
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Encodings
- UTF-8
F0 9F 99 82 E2 80 8D E2 86 95 EF B8 8F- UTF-8 escaped
\xF0\x9F\x99\x82\xE2\x80\x8D\xE2\x86\x95\xEF\xB8\x8F- UTF-16
D83D DE42 200D 2195 FE0F- UTF-32
0001F642 0000200D 00002195 0000FE0F- HTML decimal
🙂‍↕️- HTML hex
🙂‍↕️- CSS
\01F642\00200D\002195\00FE0F- JavaScript
\u{1F642}\u{200D}\u{2195}\u{FE0F}- JS surrogateFor pre-ES2015 targets
\uD83D\uDE42\u200D\u2195\uFE0F- Python
\U0001F642\u200D\u2195\uFE0F- URL encoded
%F0%9F%99%82%E2%80%8D%E2%86%95%EF%B8%8F- Base64
8J+ZguKAjeKGle+4jw==
Unicode proposals
The document submitted to the Unicode Consortium that introduced this character.
Related
Frequently asked questions
- What does ๐โโ๏ธ mean?
- Head shaking vertically is a zero-width-joiner sequence combining ๐ slightly smiling face and โ up-down arrow. Part of the Smileys & Emotion group, face neutral skeptical subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 15.1, released in 2023. It is commonly tagged head shaking vertically, head, nod, shaking, vertically and yes.
- What is the Unicode code point for ๐โโ๏ธ?
- Head shaking vertically is not a single character. It is written as U+1F642 U+200D U+2195 U+FE0F โ a sequence of 4 code points that displays as one emoji.
- When was ๐โโ๏ธ added to Unicode?
- ๐โโ๏ธ was approved as part of Emoji 15.1 and released in 2023, under Unicode 15.1.
- Why does ๐โโ๏ธ look different on my phone?
- Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so ๐โโ๏ธ changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 49 renderings, including Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft.
- What is ๐โโ๏ธ called in other languages?
- Unicode's CLDR publishes a name for it in 9 other languages, including ุฑุฃุณ ููุชุฒ ุนู ูุฏูุงู in Arabic, Kopfnicken in German and cabeza asintiendo in Spanish.
- What category is ๐โโ๏ธ in?
- ๐โโ๏ธ belongs to Unicode's Smileys & Emotion group, in the face neutral skeptical subgroup.