woman facepalming: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F926 1F3FD 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A person with hand over mouth 1F926 with medium-dark skin tone 1F3FD and the female sign 2640, indicating a woman with her hand over her mouth. The female sign is joined by a zero width joiner (200D) to the base emoji, and the variation selector-16 (FE0F) ensures it is displayed as an emoji.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents shock, surprise, embarrassment, secrecy, or disbelief. The hand over the mouth suggests something unexpected has happened or is being withheld.
Backstory
The base 'person with hand over mouth' emoji (1F926) was introduced in Unicode 9.0 (2016). The sequence 1F3FD for medium-dark skin tone, 200D (zero width joiner), and 2640 (female sign) allows for a gender-specific, skin-toned composite emoji to represent a female with that specific skin tone, adding detail to the expression. FE0F ensures it renders as a colorful emoji rather than a text character.
Usage Examples
- Expressing surprise: 'OMG, I can't believe it! 🤦🏽♀️'
- Showing embarrassment: 'I totally forgot my lines, so embarrassing! 🤦🏽♀️'
- Reacting to gossip: 'Did you hear what happened? 🤦🏽♀️'
- Signifying a 'facepalm' moment with a female connotation: 'She just said the most ridiculous thing. 🤦🏽♀️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to convey surprise, embarrassment, or gossip. It can also imply 'oops!' or 'I shouldn't have said that.'
East Asian culture:
May also be used for mild shock or surprise; however, in some contexts, it can convey politeness or modesty, particularly when a woman is being praised or feeling shy.