face with crossed-out eyes
Unicode: 1F635
Description
A yellow circular face with X-shaped eyes and an open, often drooping, mouth. It signifies dizziness, confusion, or being knocked out.
Group:
Smileys & Emotion > face-unwell
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents feeling dazed, confused, dizzy, overwhelmed, or metaphorically 'knocked out' by a situation or emotion.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Its design is widely recognized across cultures to convey a state of disorientation or unconsciousness, often used in cartoon and comic depictions of characters who have been hit or are extremely dizzy.
Usage Examples
- Feeling dizzy or unwell: 'Too much spinning on that ride! 😵💫'
- Overwhelmed by something: 'That exam was so hard, I'm literally 😵'
- Reacting to surprising news: 'Wait, what? I'm completely 😵'
- Humorously 'dead' from laughter: 'That joke killed me 😵'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to express feeling unwell due to dizziness, being overwhelmed, or humorously 'dead' (e.g., from laughter or shock).
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often used to express extreme fatigue, being shocked, or playfully feigning death/unconsciousness.