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Represents a mix of emotion, often overwhelmed by happiness, gratitude, or bittersweetness. Trying to hold it together.
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Official Names in 9 Languages
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:face_holding_back_tears:🥹🥹\1F979\u{1F979}\uD83E\uDD79%F0%9F%A5%B9Quick Reference FAQ
What does the 🥹 Face Holding Back Tears emoji mean?
Represents a mix of emotion, often overwhelmed by happiness, gratitude, or bittersweetness. Trying to hold it together.
What is the Unicode and HTML entity for 🥹 Face Holding Back Tears?
The Unicode codepoint for 🥹 is U+1F979, its HTML hex entity is 🥹, and its shortcode is :face_holding_back_tears:. It is part of Emoji 15.0.
How do you say the 🥹 Face Holding Back Tears emoji in other languages?
Official localized names include: 한국어 "눈물 참는 얼굴", 日本語 "涙をこらえる顔", 简体中文 "强忍眼泪的脸", 繁體中文 "忍住眼淚的臉", Español "Cara aguantando las lágrimas".