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Yawning face

  • yawning
  • bored
  • lack of sleep
  • face
U+1F971

The yawning face emoji, whose Unicode name is “yawning face”, is part of the Smileys & Emotion group. It is closely tied to yawning, bored and lack of sleep, which is what people usually have in mind when they search for it. The positivity score for this emoji is 44 out of 100, inside the Neutral range.

Copied as text rather than as an image, Yawning face keeps its exact code point through any emoji copy and paste round trip.

1. Yawning face emoji attributes

Symbol
🥱
Name
Yawning face
English name
yawning face
Unicode code point
U+1F971
HTML entity
🥱
Decimal
🥱
Category
Smileys & Emotion›Sad & Crying
Keywords
yawning, bored, lack of sleep, face
Download image
Size
Background
512 × 512 PNG · transparent background

2. Yawning face emoji meaning

Within Smileys & Emotion, the yawning face emoji belongs to the Sad & Crying subgroup, which gathers 18 related symbols. It carries the idea of yawning, bored and lack of sleep, and the meaning stays stable across platforms. The reading stays the same whether it opens a message or closes one.

In everyday chat, the yawning face (🥱) usually appears alongside words about yawning, bored and lack of sleep. A few words of text make the intent clearer than the symbol on its own.

3. Yawning face emoji sentiment

Neutral
44 / 100

Scored 44 out of 100, this emoji sits in the Neutral range. It carries little emotional charge and works as a plain illustration of a thing.

A higher score means a more positive feeling; scores near 50 are neutral.

4. Yawning face emoji examples

  • 1Thanks for the surprise 🥱
  • 2Reaction to the group chat 🥱
  • 3Could not stop smiling at that 🥱

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