A pensive, remorseful smiley face depicted with sad, closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and a slight, flat mouth. Saddened by life. Quietly considering where things all went wrong.

May convey a variety of negative emotions, including sadness, disappointment, regret, loneliness, or dejection. Its expression is generally more restrained than those of overtly crying or distressed faces.

Early Google designs were drooping downwards, looking off slightly to the side. Microsoft's design previously featured a more neutral, bored expression. Samsung’s design previously looked more guilty or worried. Not to be confused with 😌 Relieved Face, which has similarly shaped eyes but a happier expression.

This emoji predates the inclusion and standardization of emojis within Unicode. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards by au by KDDI in 1999.

Pensive Face was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.