Clown Face Emoji
Copy 🤡 with one click, or read what it means and how to type it below.
What does 🤡 mean?
A clown. Used almost exclusively to call someone — often yourself — foolish.
🤡 is the clown face emoji. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group, in the face costume set, and was approved as part of Emoji 3.0.
People also search for it as clown, face.
How to use 🤡
Self-deprecating: “texted him first again 🤡”. Or aimed outward as an insult, which is why it triggers moderation on several platforms.
Click the copy button above to put 🤡 on your clipboard, then paste it anywhere Unicode is supported — WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Slack, email, or a document. On Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :clown_face: directly.
Good to know
The self-directed use is far more common than the insult, and reads as rueful rather than mean.
Technical details
| Name | Clown Face |
|---|---|
| Character | 🤡 |
| Codepoint | U+1F921 |
| HTML entity | 🤡 |
| CSS code | \1F921 |
| Shortcode | :clown_face: |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Subgroup | face costume |
| Emoji version | Emoji 3.0 |
| Keywords | clown, face |