Emojion

🥹 gezicht dat tranen tegenhoudt

Betekenis

Widely used for holding back tears from joy, gratitude, or pride. Also covers begging, bittersweet feelings, and wholesome 'aww' moments.

Trefwoorden: alsjeblieft, aww, beschaamd, bewondering, dankbaar, dankbaarheid, gevoelens, gezicht, houden, huilen, tegen, tranen, trots, verdrietig, vreugde, weerstaan

Zo wordt hij wereldwijd gebruikt

  • Japan

    Japanese CLDR keywords explicitly include 懇願 (pleading), so 🥹 is often used to beg or plead in Japan — a role filled mainly by 🥺 in English-speaking contexts.

💡 Wist je dat?

🥹 won Most Popular New Emoji at the 2022 絵文字辞典サイト — chosen by 絵文字辞典サイト after analyzing 463 million+ tweets since its Unicode 14.0 debut in 2021.

💡 Wist je dat?

Your presentation yesterday was amazing! 🥹
Aww, thanks… wait, are you about to ask me something?

In English 🥹 usually reads as 'I'm touched,' but in Japanese it strongly implies pleading too — so the same emoji can be misread depending on which side of the culture you're on.