Face With Raised Eyebrow emoji meaning

What does 🤨 mean in messages?

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

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

For a wider view, browse smileys & emotion emoji, use the emoji meaning finder, or read the emoji meanings in context guide.

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+1F928 face with one eyebrow raised.

Version and platform support

The face with raised eyebrow emoji was introduced in Emoji 5.0 and is classified in the face neutral skeptical 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 raised eyebrow.” Search terms indexed for this entry include eyebrow, face, raised, with. It belongs to Smileys & Emotion and the face neutral skeptical 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 raised eyebrow.” 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.