🥹 Face Holding Back Tears Emoji — Meaning & Copy Paste

📋 Copy & Code

Emoji 🥹

With name 🥹 Face Holding Back Tears

Shortcode :face_holding_back_tears:

Unicode U+1F979

HTML Dec 🥹

HTML Hex 🥹

CSS \1F979

C, C++ & Python \U0001f979

Java, JS & JSON \uD83E\uDD79

Perl \x{1F979}

PHP & Ruby \u{1F979}

URL Escape %F0%9F%A5%B9

💡 What does 🥹 mean?

The 🥹 Face Holding Back Tears emoji shows a face trying to hold in strong emotions — tears of joy, pride, or sadness. It perfectly captures the feeling of being deeply moved or touched by something.

When to use: Use when something is so sweet, wholesome, or emotionally powerful that you're barely holding it together. Popular for heartwarming stories, cute animal videos, and sentimental moments.

🎨 Emoji Combos

💬 Chat Examples

Here's how the Face Holding Back Tears emoji 🥹 is used in real conversations:

My kid drew our family portrait for me 🥹

Omg that is SO sweet 🥹❤️

I'm not crying, you're crying 🥹✨

🖼️ Face Holding Back Tears on Different Platforms

Apple

Google

Twitter / X

Facebook

Microsoft Fluent

Microsoft 3D

Samsung

JoyPixels

OpenMoji

Noto Emoji

🥹 Your Browser

🔗 Word Associations

The 🥹 emoji is often associated with:

⌨️ How to type 🥹

Windows

Win + . → search "face holding back tears"

Mac

Cmd + Ctrl + Space

Linux

Ctrl + . (GNOME)

Mobile

Emoji keyboard 🔤

Or simply copy from this page!

👥 Related Emojis

😀 Grinning Face 😃 Smiling Face With Open Mouth 😄 Smiling Face With Open Mouth And Smiling Eyes 😁 Grinning Face With Smiling Eyes 😆 Smiling Face With Open Mouth And Tightly-closed Eyes 😅 Smiling Face With Open Mouth And Cold Sweat 🤣 Rolling On The Floor Laughing 😂 Face With Tears Of Joy 🙂 Slightly Smiling Face 🙃 Upside-down Face 🫠 Melting Face 😉 Winking Face

📦 Other face-concerned Emojis

🥱 Yawning Face 😧 Anguished Face 🥺 Face With Pleading Eyes 😭 Loudly Crying Face 😱 Face Screaming In Fear 😟 Worried Face 😞 Disappointed Face 😩 Weary Face ☹️ Frowning Face 😫 Tired Face

🌍 🥹 Face Holding Back Tears In Other Languages

Discover the name of the 🥹 emoji in various languages:

Arabic وجه يحبس دموعه

Chinese 忍住泪水

Chinese (Traditional) 強忍淚水的臉

French visage retenant ses larmes

German Gesicht, das Tränen zurückhält

Hindi आंसू रोकता चेहरा

Italian faccina che trattiene le lacrime

Japanese 涙をこらえた顔

Korean 눈물을 참는 얼굴

Portuguese rosto segurando as lágrimas

Spanish cara aguantándose las lágrimas

Turkish gözleri dolmuş yüz

Vietnamese mặt kìm nén nước mắt

Russian еле сдерживает слезы

Thai หน้ากลั้นน้ำตา

Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)

❓ FAQ

What does the Face Holding Back Tears emoji 🥹 mean?

The Face Holding Back Tears emoji 🥹 is part of the Smileys & Emotion category (face-concerned group). It was added in Unicode 14.0 and is available on all major platforms including iOS, Android, and Windows.

How do I copy the Face Holding Back Tears emoji?

Click the "Copy 🥹" button at the top of this page, or click any copy button next to the format you need (emoji, shortcode, HTML entity, or Unicode).

What is the shortcode for 🥹?

The shortcode is :face_holding_back_tears:. You can use it on platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.

Face Holding Back Tears Emoji