π€‘U+1F921
π€‘ Clown face
Smileys & Emotion
Keywords
clownface
What Clown face means and when to use it
Clown β someone is being ridiculous, usually yourself
- Mocking yourself after an obviously dumb mistake
- Calling out a take you think is absurd, or a public figure you have lost respect for
Watch out The "π€‘ world" meme made this a political insult at times. Aimed at a person in an argument it escalates fast.
How to use it Click the copy button above to grab π€‘, then paste it into iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack, Instagram, X or any text field. Emoji are standard Unicode characters, so they work everywhere β iOS, Android and Windows each draw them in their own style.
Display support This emoji was added in Emoji 3.0 (2016). It renders on iOS 10.2 and later, and on Android 7.1 and later β older systems show a box or a black-and-white glyph.
Design comparison
Your phone shows its built-in artwork. Below is how open-source emoji sets draw the same character (images are bundled with the site, no external requests):
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