Meaning
Heavy-lidded eyes, a pronounced frown, and an overall slouched quality—the weary face looks genuinely exhausted. The expression reads as "I cannot take another thing," with the kind of bone-deep fatigue that can't be fixed by a quick nap.
This is the emoji of accumulated exhaustion. Unlike tired (which is just sleepy), weary suggests you've hit a wall. The cumulative effect of stress, disappointment, and relentless demands. People use it to say "I'm done," "This is too much," or "I have nothing left to give." You'll see it in messages about rough weeks, endless obligations, or that moment where you've finally reached your limit.
In casual texting, the weary face often carries a slightly dramatic, darkly humorous tone—it's popular in workplace memes about Monday mornings or burnout. It can also signal genuine emotional exhaustion or disappointment that's worn you down over time. The "no" isn't angry, it's depleted.
Approved in Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, this face has become iconic in digital culture for expressing burnout and fatigue. It's the go-to emoji when you're past frustrated and fully into exhausted—when small annoyances feel monumental because your reserves are empty.
Common Uses
- • Expressing severe exhaustion or burnout
- • Reacting to relentless bad news
- • Showing you've reached your emotional limit
- • Conveying that something is too much to handle
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Did You Know?
The weary face became a staple of workplace and school humor online—it's the perfect emoji for those "end of the week" and "I've had enough" moments, especially in burnout-culture conversations.
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Platform Shortcodes
:weary: :weary: :weary: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 😩 |
| HTML (hex) | 😩 |
| CSS | \1F629 |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDE29 |
| Python | \U0001F629 |
| Java | \uD83D\uDE29 |
| Perl | \x{1F629} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F629} |
| Punycode | xn--2r6x |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%98%A9 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0xA9 |
😩 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পরিশ্রান্ত মুখ |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 累死了 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 唉! |
| Danish | udmattet ansigt |
| Dutch | moe gezicht |
| English | weary face |
| English (UK) | weary face |
| Estonian | rammestunud nägu |
| Finnish | uupunut |
| French | visage épuisé |
| German | erschöpftes Gesicht |
| Hindi | घबराया चेहरा |
| Hungarian | kimerült arc |
| Italian | faccina esausta |
| Japanese | あきらめ |
| Korean | 지친 얼굴 |
| Lithuanian | nuvargęs veidas |
| Malay | muka tak bermaya |
| Norwegian | sliten |
| Polish | znużona twarz |
| Portuguese | rosto desolado |
| Russian | усталость |
| Spanish | cara agotada |
| Spanish (Mexico) | cara agotada |
| Swedish | uttröttat ansikte |
| Thai | หน้าอิดโรย |
| Ukrainian | замучене обличчя |
| Vietnamese | mặt kiệt sức |