🥲 Smiling Face With Tear Emoji – Copy & Unicode

Unicode data

Unicode name: smiling face with tear
CLDR short name: smiling face with tear
Korean name (CLDR): 눈물 흘리며 웃는 얼굴
Code points: U+1F972
Group: Smileys & Emotion
Subgroup: Face Affection
Added to Unicode: 13.0
Added to Emoji: 13.0
Sequence: Single 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 — these are what search matches against.

face glad grateful happy joy pain proud relieved smile smiley smiling tear touched

Developer formats

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

Emoji character

🥲

Unicode code points

U+1F972

JavaScript escape

\u{1f972}

CSS escape · For content: "…"

\1F972

HTML hexadecimal entity

🥲

HTML decimal entity

🥲

JSON escaped string

"\uD83E\uDD72"

Python Unicode escape

\U0001F972

Java Unicode escape · UTF-16 surrogate pairs

\uD83E\uDD72

URL encoded value

%F0%9F%A5%B2

UTF-8 bytes

F0 9F A5 B2

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, “smiling face with tear”. 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 — each repetition is read out in full.

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Related emojis

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

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for Smiling Face With Tear?

Smiling Face With Tear is U+1F972.

Does Smiling Face With Tear 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.

How do I use Smiling Face With Tear in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 🥲 in HTML, \u{1f972} in JavaScript.

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