U+1F62E "😮" Face with Open Mouth Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
😮
U+1F62E "😮" Face with Open Mouth is part of the Emoticons block and was introduced in Unicode version 6.0 in 2010, where it depicts a yellow face with wide open eyes and a circular open mouth typically conveying surprise, shock, or awe. Its design features simple, rounded facial elements that make it universally recognizable across digital platforms, and it is commonly used in messaging and social media to express sudden amazement, disbelief, or a gasp of realization. The character is encoded using a single code point and is often rendered with slight stylistic variations depending on the platform or software, but consistently maintains the core expression of an open mouth without teeth or tongue.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F62E |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Face with Open Mouth |
| Block | Emoticons |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 😮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 😮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDE2E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F62E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\ude2e |