U+1FAE8 "🫨" Shaking Face Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

🫨

U+1FAE8 "🫨" Shaking Face is a relatively recent addition to the emoji set, formally known as Shaking Face, and it depicts a cartoonish, wobbly face with closed eyes, a furrowed brow, and wavy motion lines to signify intense vibration or quaking. This character is often used to convey a range of strong emotions such as shock, disbelief, overwhelming stress, or being deeply shaken by news or an event, capturing a sense of physical or emotional tremors. Its design effectively communicates a feeling of instability or a profound, jarring reaction, making it a versatile tool for expressing extreme surprise or anxiety in digital communication. Because it was introduced in Unicode 15.0 in 2022, it requires updated software and devices to display correctly, highlighting the ongoing expansion of visual language in texting and social media.

General Properties

Code Point U+1FAE8
Version Added 15.0
Name Shaking Face
Block Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
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 0xAB 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83E 0xDEE8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001FAE8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83e\udee8

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