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Head Shaking Horizontally Emoji

Head Shaking Horizontally is a zero-width-joiner sequence combining several emoji introduced in Emoji 15.1. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group, Face Neutral Skeptical subgroup.

Unicode data

Unicode name
head shaking horizontally
CLDR short name
head shaking horizontally
Korean name (CLDR)
도리도리
Code points
U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F
Group
Smileys & Emotion
Subgroup
Face Neutral Skeptical
Added to Unicode
7.0
Added to Emoji
15.1
Sequence
Multi code point
Skin tones
Not defined

Data generated from Unicode 17.0.0 and CLDR 48.2.0. Last reviewed 2026-07-31.See data sources.

Search keywords

Official CLDR keywords for this emoji β€” these are what search matches against.

headhorizontallynoshakeshaking

Developer formats

Every format is derived from the full code point sequence, not just the first character.

Emoji character
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Unicode code points Β· Sequence of multiple code points
U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F
JavaScript escape
\u{1f642}\u{200d}\u{2194}\u{fe0f}
CSS escape Β· For content: "…"
\1F642\200D\2194\FE0F
HTML hexadecimal entity
🙂‍↔️
HTML decimal entity
🙂‍↔️
JSON escaped string
"\uD83D\uDE42\u200D\u2194\uFE0F"
Python Unicode escape
\U0001F642\u200D\u2194\uFE0F
Java Unicode escape Β· UTF-16 surrogate pairs
\uD83D\uDE42\u200D\u2194\uFE0F
URL encoded value
%F0%9F%99%82%E2%80%8D%E2%86%94%EF%B8%8F
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 99 82 E2 80 8D E2 86 94 EF B8 8F

Accessibility

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, β€œhead shaking horizontally”. When the emoji carries meaning rather than decoration, keep nearby text that says the same thing, and avoid repeating it several times in a row β€” each repetition is read out in full.

Check a sentence for accessibility problems.

Related emojis

Chosen by shared CLDR keywords, subgroup and group β€” not by usage statistics, which we do not collect.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for Head Shaking Horizontally?

Head Shaking Horizontally is a sequence of 4 code points: U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F.

Does Head Shaking Horizontally support skin tones?

No. Unicode does not define a skin tone modifier for this emoji, so adding one would produce the base emoji followed by a stray colour swatch.

Why does Head Shaking Horizontally sometimes appear as separate emoji?

It is joined with zero-width joiners. When a device has no single glyph for the combination, it falls back to drawing each part side by side. Both results are correct behaviour.

What is the U+FE0F in Head Shaking Horizontally?

U+FE0F is a variation selector requesting the colour emoji presentation. Without it, the same base character may be drawn as a monochrome text glyph.

How do I use Head Shaking Horizontally in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 🙂‍↔️ in HTML, \u{1f642}\u{200d}\u{2194}\u{fe0f} in JavaScript.

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