Meaning
A male figure with his hand pressed firmly against his forehead in the classic facepalm gesture, expressing frustration, disbelief, embarrassment, or exasperation. The masculine silhouette and the unmistakable hand-to-face contact create a clear visual of someone at their wit's end. The posture communicates that something has gone very wrong or someone has said something unbelievable.
When someone chooses the man facepalming emoji specifically, they're either representing a male person reacting negatively to something, or they want the gendered variant for narrative clarity or personal expression. Functionally, it operates identically to the neutral and female facepalming options—it's a reaction to bad news, obvious mistakes, or cringe-worthy moments. The gender variant doesn't change the emoji's communicative power; it just offers personalization.
In group chats and comment threads, this emoji appears when a guy makes a terrible pun, when male friends collectively react to embarrassing news, or in any context where someone wants to specify the gender of the person facepalming. It's become a standard way to express secondhand embarrassment or personal frustration in digital spaces.
The man facepalm, along with its female counterpart, was introduced as part of Unicode Emoji 4 in 2016, expanding the gesture category to include gender-specific options. Like other gendered variants, it reflects the broader evolution of emoji toward greater representation and user choice.
Common Uses
- • A man reacting to a terrible joke
- • Expressing personal embarrassment
- • Responding to frustrating news
- • Commenting on a guy's obvious mistake
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
Gender-variant gesture emoji like man facepalming allow for more specific storytelling in digital communication while expressing the same universal emotions.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:man_facepalming: :man-facepalming: :man_facepalming: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🤦‍♂️ |
| HTML (hex) | 🤦‍♂️ |
| CSS | \1F926\200D\2642\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDD26\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F926\U0000200D\U00002642\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83E\uDD26\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F926}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F926}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2rs6-6bx-7k2-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A4%A6%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0xA6 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x82 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
🤦♂️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | ছেলেদের কপালে হাত |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 男生捂脸 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 男生遮臉 |
| Danish | mand slår sig for panden |
| Dutch | man die het gezicht met de hand bedekt |
| English | man facepalming |
| English (UK) | man facepalming |
| Estonian | käega vastu pead lööv mees |
| Finnish | kasvonsa kädellä peittävä mies |
| French | homme avec la paume sur le visage |
| German | sich an den Kopf fassender Mann |
| Hindi | माथे पर हाथ रखा हुआ पुरुष |
| Hungarian | arcát a kezébe temető férfi |
| Italian | uomo esasperato |
| Japanese | ひたいに手をあてる男 |
| Korean | 골치 아파하는 남자 |
| Lithuanian | susierzinęs vyras |
| Malay | lelaki menepuk muka |
| Norwegian | mann som slår hånden mot pannen |
| Polish | mężczyzna trzymający się za czoło |
| Portuguese | homem decepcionado |
| Russian | мужчина потерял дар речи |
| Spanish | hombre con la mano en la frente |
| Spanish (Mexico) | hombre con la mano en la frente |
| Swedish | man som slår sig för pannan |
| Thai | ผู้ชายเอามือก่ายหน้าผาก |
| Ukrainian | чоловік із долонею до обличчя |
| Vietnamese | người đàn ông lấy tay che mặt |