# 🥹 U+1F979 FACE HOLDING BACK TEARS

Face holding back tears emoji with watery eyes, used for being touched, grateful, proud, moved, saying aww, or trying not to cry.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `🥹` |
| Codepoint | U+1F979 |
| Name | FACE HOLDING BACK TEARS |
| Block | [Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/supplemental-symbols-and-pictographs) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Symbol (So) |
| Unicode version | 14.0 |
| HTML | `🥹` `🥹` |
| CSS | `\1F979` |
| JavaScript | `\u{1F979}` |
| UTF-8 | F0 9F A5 B9 |
| UTF-16 | D83E DD79 |
| Emoji | face holding back tears (Smileys & Emotion › face-concerned) |
| Emoji keywords | admiration, aww, back, cry, embarrassed, face, feelings, grateful, gratitude, holding, joy, please, proud, resist, sad, tears |

## Related characters

- 😦 [U+1F626 FROWNING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F626)
- 🥺 [U+1F97A FACE WITH PLEADING EYES](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F97A)
- 😧 [U+1F627 ANGUISHED FACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F627)
- 🫪 [U+1FAEA DISTORTED FACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1FAEA)
- 😨 [U+1F628 FEARFUL FACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F628)
- 😳 [U+1F633 FLUSHED FACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F633)
- 😰 [U+1F630 FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND COLD SWEAT](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F630)
- 😲 [U+1F632 ASTONISHED FACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F632)
- 😥 [U+1F625 DISAPPOINTED BUT RELIEVED FACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F625)
- 😯 [U+1F62F HUSHED FACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F62F)
- 😢 [U+1F622 CRYING FACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F622)
- 😮 [U+1F62E FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH](https://unicodekit.com/char/1F62E)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/1F979 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/1F979