U+1F631 "😱" Face Screaming in Fear Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
😱
U+1F631 "😱" Face Screaming in Fear is a yellow cartoonish face with wide, white eyes, raised eyebrows, and an open, squared mouth, often depicted with hands pressed against its cheeks, intended to convey a state of intense shock, terror, or overwhelming surprise. This pictogram, added to the Unicode Standard in 2010 as part of the Emoji 1.0 set, is commonly used in digital communication to express extreme emotional reactions to frightening, startling, or deeply shocking news, situations, or jump scares. Its design draws on the classic "scream" trope popularized in horror and comedy media, making it instantly recognizable across different cultures for signifying pure panic or disbelief.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F631 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Face Screaming in Fear |
| 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 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDE31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F631 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\ude31 |