Pleading Face emoji 🥺: meaning and how to use it
🥺 — big watery eyes and a small frown — is the “puppy-dog eyes” emoji. It means pleading, begging or being overwhelmed by cuteness, and it's a favorite for soft, affectionate messages.
:pleading_face:What does the Pleading Face emoji mean?
The pleading face conveys begging or asking sweetly — “pretty please 🥺.” Its big teary eyes are the digital equivalent of puppy-dog eyes to get someone to say yes.
It also expresses being touched or emotional — reacting to something adorable or heartfelt (“this is so cute 🥺”), or a gentle, vulnerable, affectionate tone.
How the emoji is used
- Begging sweetly: “can we get pizza 🥺”
- Reacting to cute things: “🥺 the puppy”
- Feeling touched or emotional
- Soft, affectionate or flirty messages
Pleading Face emoji: Unicode details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Emoji | 🥺 |
| Unicode code point(s) | U+1F97A |
| Unicode name(s) | Face With Pleading Eyes |
| Shortcode | :pleading_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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What does 🥺 mean?
It means pleading or begging with puppy-dog eyes, or being overwhelmed by something cute or heartfelt. It's used for sweet, soft, affectionate messages.
How do I type the pleading 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 :pleading_face:, used on Slack, Discord, GitHub and many other apps that turn :name: into an emoji.