🫷
leftwards pushing hand
Unicode: 1FAF7
Description
A dark green circular face with wide eyes and a slight, closed smile, indicating a feeling of being very hot or flushed.
Group:
People & Body > hand-fingers-open
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents feeling hot, flushed, sweating, or experiencing a rise in body temperature due to heat, exercise, embarrassment, or fever.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 15.0 (2022). It fills a gap in emoji expressions for bodily sensations, specifically conveying the feeling of being overheated or flushed, distinct from just 'sweating' (💦) or 'fever' (🤒).
Usage Examples
- It's so hot today, I'm melting! 🥵
- Just finished my workout, I'm absolutely drenched! 🥵
- I'm so embarrassed right now, my face is burning! 🥵
- Feeling a bit feverish this morning. 🥵
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to express sweating from heat, physical exertion, or embarrassment/nervousness.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often associated with feeling hot or sometimes with awkwardness/embarrassment.