🥶
Cold Face Emoji
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Unicode Code Point | U+1F976 1F976 |
Emoji Name | cold face |
Unicode Version Date Added for Emoji | 11.0May 2018 |
Category | |
Keywords | coldfreezingblue |
🥶 Meaning and Explanation
The 🥶 emoji depicts a blue-faced emoji with chattering teeth and icicles or snowflakes around it, indicating extreme cold. It conveys a strong sense of freezing temperatures, shivering, or being uncomfortably cold.
This emoji is commonly used to express physical coldness, discomfort due to low temperatures, or a feeling of being frozen. It can also metaphorically represent a chilling situation, a cold reception, or a sense of being emotionally distant.
🥶 How to Use
This emoji is commonly used in contexts related to:
- Weather: To describe very cold weather, blizzards, or freezing conditions.
- Physical Sensation: To express feeling extremely cold, shivering, or having goosebumps.
- Figurative Coldness: To convey a chilling story, a cold attitude, or a lack of warmth in a situation.
- Winter Activities: To discuss activities in very cold environments.
🥶 Cultural Background
| Region | Common Meaning | Additional Notes or Misunderstandings |
|---|---|---|
| General | Extreme cold, shivering, discomfort | Widely understood across cultures. |
| Figurative Use | Chilling, cold reception, emotional distance | Can be used metaphorically to describe a situation or person lacking warmth. |
Common Misunderstandings of 🥶
Misinterpretation as just "sadness" or "fear"
While discomfort is involved, the 🥶 emoji specifically points to coldness, not general sadness (😢) or fear (😨). The blue color and chattering teeth are key indicators.
Tip: If you mean sadness, use 😢 (crying face) or 😔 (pensive face). If fear, use 😨 (fearful face).
Overuse for mild cold
Using 🥶 for slightly cool weather might overstate the sensation. It implies extreme cold.
Tip: Reserve 🥶 for truly freezing or uncomfortably cold situations. For mild cold, consider emojis like ❄️ (snowflake) or simply describe the temperature with text.