Face With Head-Bandage emoji meaning

What does 🤕 mean in messages?

Unicode calls this emoji “face with head-bandage.” It adds a reaction or feeling linked to face with head-bandage. Read it with the words around it.

Use 🤕 for emotional tone, reactions, and conversational nuance. Unicode calls it “face with head-bandage.” That name is a safe, neutral label when the social meaning is not clear.

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Example messages with 🤕

Unicode construction and code points

This copyable emoji is a single-code-point emoji. It uses 1 core Unicode code point: U+1F915 face with head-bandage.

Version and platform support

The face with head-bandage emoji was introduced in Emoji 1.0 and is classified in the face unwell subgroup. This emoji has broad support on modern platforms, but its artwork can still differ substantially between vendors.

Names, keywords, and classification

The standardized name is “face with head-bandage.” Search terms indexed for this entry include face, head-bandage, with. It belongs to Smileys & Emotion and the face unwell subgroup. These labels help identify and find the character; they do not prove a sender’s intended tone.

Accessibility and clear wording

For alt text, start with “face with head-bandage.” Use clearer words when the emoji is only decoration, a metaphor, or slang.

Do not use this emoji as the only carrier of an emergency, deadline, consent decision, medical instruction, or other high-stakes message. The character is standardized, but Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and social platforms supply different artwork.