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Frowning Face Symbol ☹

The sad symbol ☹ is U+2639 WHITE FROWNING FACE, a text-style face used for sadness, disappointment, or an unhappy mood.

Character
Unicode
U+2639

Sad Symbol Copy and Paste

Select and copy ☹. Paste the complete sequence, then verify that U+2639 remains intact in the destination.

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What Is the Sad Symbol?

The sad symbol ☹ is U+2639 WHITE FROWNING FACE, a text-style face used for sadness, disappointment, or an unhappy mood. This page covers the encoded white frowning face. It does not diagnose mental health, represent every emotion, or replace clear wording in serious support contexts.

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Sad Symbol Variants and Related Forms

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sadness with a tear

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How to Type the Sad Symbol

Choose your device or app to insert the sad symbol without copying it from another page.

Sad Symbol on Windows

Copy ☹ from this page. For supported characters, use Character Map or paste the UTF-8 sequence U+2639.

Sad Symbol on Mac

Copy ☹ or open Character Viewer, search for the character name, and insert the complete sequence U+2639.

Sad Symbol on iPhone and iPad

Press and hold ☹ on this page, choose Copy, and paste it into the destination app.

Sad Symbol on Android

Press and hold ☹, tap Copy, and confirm the full sequence U+2639 after pasting.

Sad Symbol on Chromebook

Copy ☹ from this page or use the character picker, then verify the full sequence in the target field.

Sad Symbol on Microsoft Word

Paste ☹ into Word and confirm the selected font supports every code point in U+2639.

Sad Symbol on Google Docs

Paste ☹ into Google Docs or use Insert → Special characters where available, then verify the final rendering.

Sad Symbol Unicode and HTML Codes

Use these values when you need the sad symbol in HTML, CSS, source code, or a character reference.

Unicode U+2639
Unicode name WHITE FROWNING FACE
HTML decimal
HTML hex
CSS escape 2639

How to Use and Format the Sad Symbol

Format ☹ according to the specific role defined for Frowning Face Symbol. The sad symbol ☹ is U+2639 WHITE FROWNING FACE, a text-style face used for sadness, disappointment, or an unhappy mood. The encoded form is U+2639, and the Unicode character names are WHITE FROWNING FACE. Preserve the complete sequence, including capitalization, combining marks, superscripts, punctuation, spaces, zero-width joiners, and variation selectors where present. In mood notes, introduce the notation before readers must interpret it; in reaction text, retain the convention used by the source document; and in feedback labels, verify that the selected font supports every component.

This page covers the encoded white frowning face. It does not diagnose mental health, represent every emotion, or replace clear wording in serious support contexts. Use readable surrounding wording whenever ☹ communicates direction, status, quantity, identity, relationship, category, or access. For web publishing, prefer selectable UTF-8 text, test copy-and-paste behavior, and provide an accessible name if the surrounding sentence does not already identify Frowning Face Symbol. Check the final output in the actual website, document, spreadsheet, equation editor, export format, and assistive-technology workflow rather than approving a merely similar-looking glyph.

  • In mood notes, define ☹ as Frowning Face Symbol before relying on the symbol alone.

  • For reaction text, preserve the full encoded sequence U+2639; do not drop combining marks, superscripts, joiners, or component letters.

  • When preparing feedback labels, apply this intent boundary for Frowning Face Symbol: This page covers the encoded white frowning face. It does not diagnose mental health, represent every emotion, or replace clear wording in serious support contexts.

  • In plain-text messages, compare ☹ with 🙁 and choose the form whose meaning matches the source.

  • Encode Frowning Face Symbol as UTF-8 or the numeric references ☹ and ☹ so the published form remains searchable and selectable.

  • Give ☹ the readable label “Frowning Face Symbol” wherever the surrounding content does not already state the meaning.

  • Test sad symbol in the final font, mobile layout, copy workflow, PDF export, and screen-reader output before release.

Sad Symbol Examples

  • Sad ☹
  • Not happy ☹
  • Disappointed ☹
  • Bad day ☹
  • Mood: ☹
  • Unicode sequence for Frowning Face Symbol: U+2639
  • HTML decimal form: ☹
  • HTML hexadecimal form: ☹
  • CSS escape sequence: 2639
  • Accessible text label: Frowning Face Symbol

Common Sad Symbol Mistakes

  • Using 🙁 where ☹ is required changes the intended meaning of Frowning Face Symbol.
  • Dropping part of U+2639 while copying sad symbol.
  • Treating ☹ as interchangeable with 😢 without checking the domain convention.
  • Leaving ☹ unexplained in mood notes when readers may assign another meaning.
  • Assuming every font or emoji renderer will display Frowning Face Symbol exactly like the preview.
  • Converting ☹ into an image even though selectable text is appropriate for this use.
  • Ignoring the page boundary for Frowning Face Symbol: This page covers the encoded white frowning face. It does not diagnose mental health, represent every emotion, or replace clear wording in serious support contexts.
  • Using ☹ as the only accessible name of a control, formula token, diagram item, status, or technical label.

Frowning Face Symbol intent boundary

This page covers the encoded white frowning face. It does not diagnose mental health, represent every emotion, or replace clear wording in serious support contexts.

More About the Sad Symbol

Copying Frowning Face Symbol should produce ☹, not an image or a look-alike. The sad symbol ☹ is U+2639 WHITE FROWNING FACE, a text-style face used for sadness, disappointment, or an unhappy mood. This page covers the encoded white frowning face. It does not diagnose mental health, represent every emotion, or replace clear wording in serious support contexts. Additional use contexts recorded for ☹ are feedback labels; plain-text messages; symbol lists; mood notes. It does not diagnose mental health, represent every emotion, or replace clear wording in serious support contexts.; In plain-text messages, compare ☹ with 🙁 and choose the form whose meaning matches the source.. Frequent errors include Converting ☹ into an image even though selectable text is appropriate for this use.; Ignoring the page boundary for Frowning Face Symbol: This page covers the encoded white frowning face. It does not diagnose mental health, represent every emotion, or replace clear wording in serious support contexts.; Using ☹ as the only accessible name of a control, formula token, diagram item, status, or technical label.; Using 🙁 where ☹ is required changes the intended meaning of Frowning Face Symbol.. For the sad symbol entry, one practical question is “Can I replace ☹ with 🙁?” The recorded answer is: Only when the destination convention explicitly requires that alternative. Use ☹ as selectable text, preserve the full sequence U+2639, and keep the page aligned with the exact emotion intent described above.

Sad Symbol FAQ

What is the encoded form of Frowning Face Symbol?

Frowning Face Symbol is stored as U+2639; the Unicode character names are WHITE FROWNING FACE.

How should I copy ☹?

Copy the complete sequence ☹ and verify that every component in U+2639 remains present after pasting.

Which HTML form reproduces Frowning Face Symbol?

Use literal UTF-8 ☹, decimal references ☹, or hexadecimal references ☹.

Why can ☹ look different across devices?

Fonts, shaping engines, and emoji renderers can change shape, spacing, or presentation while the encoded sequence U+2639 remains the same.

Can I replace ☹ with 🙁?

Only when the destination convention explicitly requires that alternative. This page covers the encoded white frowning face. It does not diagnose mental health, represent every emotion, or replace clear wording in serious support contexts.