Loudly Crying Face emoji 😭: meaning and how to use it
😭 shows a face sobbing with streaming tears. It expresses overwhelming emotion — that can be real sadness, but online it's just as often uncontrollable laughter or being emotionally moved.
:sob:What does the Loudly Crying Face emoji mean?
Literally 😭 is bawling — strong sadness, grief or frustration. But in casual chat it frequently means the opposite: laughing so hard you're crying, or being overwhelmed by something wonderful (“this is so sweet 😭”).
The intensity is the point — whatever the emotion, 😭 signals you're feeling it a lot. Context (and the rest of the message) tells you whether it's tears of sadness or joy.
How the emoji is used
- Genuine sadness or disappointment
- Laughing extremely hard
- Being emotionally moved: “😭 congrats!”
- Exaggerated “I can't handle this” reactions
Loudly Crying Face emoji: Unicode details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Emoji | 😭 |
| Unicode code point(s) | U+1F62D |
| Unicode name(s) | Loudly Crying Face |
| Shortcode | :sob: |
| HTML entity | 😭 |
| Category | Emoji |
Because it is defined in Unicode, this emoji works across phones, laptops and the web — though the exact artwork differs by platform (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and Twemoji all draw it in their own style). The underlying meaning stays the same everywhere.
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What does 😭 mean?
It means sobbing — from sadness, from laughing too hard, or from being overwhelmed with emotion. Context tells you which; often it's happy/laughing tears.
How do I type the loudly crying face emoji?
On most keyboards, open the emoji picker (Windows: Win + ., Mac: Ctrl + Cmd + Space, iPhone/Android: the 😀 key) and search its name. Or just copy it from the button at the top of this page.
What is the shortcode for 😭?
The common shortcode is :sob:, used on Slack, Discord, GitHub and many other apps that turn :name: into an emoji.