Keyword
sad emoji
20 emoji are annotated with “sad” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
- pensive facepensive face
- sleepy facesleepy face
- confused faceconfused face
- worried faceworried face
- slightly frowning faceslightly frowning face
- frowning facefrowning face
- pleading facepleading face
- face holding back tearsface holding back tears
- sad but relieved facesad but relieved face
- crying facecrying face
- loudly crying faceloudly crying face
- confounded faceconfounded face
- disappointed facedisappointed face
- downcast face with sweatdowncast face with sweat
- weary faceweary face
- tired facetired face
- crying catcrying cat
- broken heartbroken heart
- dropletdroplet
- trombonetrombone
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean sad?
- 20 emoji are annotated with “sad”.
- Which categories does sad span?
- Emoji annotated “sad” appear in Smileys & Emotion, Travel & Places and Objects. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged sad?
- They include 😔 pensive face, 😪 sleepy face, 😕 confused face and 😟 worried face. The full set is listed above.
- Where do these keywords come from?
- Unicode’s CLDR annotation data, which is the same source that lets an emoji keyboard find a character by name. They are not tags anyone here invented.