U+1F622 · emoji since 2010
One tear, quietly falling: the crying face is gentle sadness. It's disappointment, sympathy, and small heartbreaks that don't need the full 😭 wail.
Use it when plans fall through or someone shares sad news. It says I'm sad with composure, the single tear of a dignified soul.
In texting, 😢 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 😢 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Crying Face emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the crying face emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 😢 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.