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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other
Emoji Yes
Emoji Presentation Yes
Extended Pictographic Yes