Emojion🥲 smiling face with tear
Meaning
An emoji for when smiling and crying happen at the same time. Used for genuine gratitude and being moved, but also for 'I'm totally fine' when you clearly aren't.
Keywords: face, glad, grateful, happy, joy, pain, proud, relieved, smile, smiley, smiling, tear, touched
How it's used around the world
JapanIn Japan this emoji skews positive — it's primarily used to express being deeply moved (感動), touched, or grateful, rather than as irony or self-deprecation.
English-speaking (US etc.)The 'I'm fine 🥲' ironic usage is huge — a social-media shorthand for smiling while clearly struggling. The 'smiling through pain' nuance is more prominent than in Japanese usage.
💡 Did you know?
Added in Unicode 13.0 (2020), this emoji was created to fill the gap for joyful-yet-tearful emotions that 😂 (laughing-crying) couldn't quite cover on its own.
💡 Did you know?
In English-speaking communities, 🥲 after 'I'm fine' signals you're very much NOT fine. In Japan, the same emoji tends to read as genuine happy tears or being touched — the same face, very different vibes.
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