Melting Face emoji 🫠: meaning and how to use it
🫠 — a smiley dissolving into a puddle — means melting: from embarrassment, overwhelm, heat, or gushing affection. It captures a very online “I can't even” mood.
:melting_face:What does the Melting Face emoji mean?
The melting face expresses disappearing into a puddle — from awkwardness, stress, or a “smiling through the chaos” feeling. It's the emoji for when everything is too much but you're keeping up appearances.
It's also used for literal heat (“it's so hot 🫠”) and for melting from something adorable or romantic (“you're too sweet 🫠”).
How the emoji is used
- Embarrassment or awkwardness
- Overwhelm and stress: “deadlines 🫠”
- Extreme heat
- Melting from cuteness or affection
Melting Face emoji: Unicode details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Emoji | 🫠 |
| Unicode code point(s) | U+1FAE0 |
| Unicode name(s) | Melting Face |
| Shortcode | :melting_face: |
| 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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Find melting face icons →Frequently asked questions
What does 🫠 mean?
It means “melting” — from embarrassment, overwhelm, heat, or gushing affection. It captures an “I can't even, but I'm smiling” mood.
How do I type the melting 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 :melting_face:, used on Slack, Discord, GitHub and many other apps that turn :name: into an emoji.