😴 Sleeping face
😴 Emoji meaning
Good night! Sleep, tiredness, boredom.
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😴 Meaning
😴 sleeps with closed eyes, an open mouth and a few Z's floating above. It stands for sleep, tiredness and boredom.
People use it to say good night, to show they're exhausted or to complain that something is boring. It's also a playful way to say "wake me up when it's over." It's more about actually sleeping than 😪, which shows sleepiness.
Examples
- Nap time 😴
- Slept for 12 hours 😴
- Good night everyone 😴
- This movie is so slow 😴
- Wake me up when it's Friday 😴
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Sleepy face vs sleeping face; both about being very tired or falling asleep.
Same Emotion
Sleeping face vs ZZZ; both standard comics symbol for sleep.
Same Shape
Person in bed vs sleeping face; both indicate sleep or bedtime.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Sleeping face” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0.
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 14.0 and Unicode 14.0 in 2021 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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