🕶Sunglasses Emoji
Generally, 🕶 means sunglasses. It’s just an emoji representing the eyewear itself.
The 🕶 emoji represents sunglasses.
- Unicode
- U+1F576
- Released
- 2014
- Shortcode
- :dark_sunglasses:
- Skin tones
- No
What does the 🕶 Sunglasses emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 4.
People also look for it as dark emoji.
Sunglasses emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F576 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your sunglasses looks like to the person on the other side.
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Android, Gmail, Chrome
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Open-source, design systems
Galaxy, One UI
Windows, Teams, Fluent
WhatsApp on Android
Slack, Discord themes
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
Sunglasses emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :dark_sunglasses:.
In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F576.
How to type the 🕶 Sunglasses emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
Sunglasses emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 8. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Sunglasses emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around sunglasses for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with 🕶, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
What 🕶 means from a girl or a guy
Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.
What 🕶 means in other countries
Beyond literal eyewear, this doubles as a meme marker for cool detachment or 'deal with it,' which can undercut a message meant sincerely.
Signals confidence, nonchalance, or brushing something off.
Simple reference to sunny weather or travel photos.
Can make a genuine statement look sarcastic or flippant.
Before you send it: Skip it if you want a message read as sincere — it tends to add a wink of irony.
What 🕶 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the sunglasses lands changes how it is taken.
🕶 vs 😎 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Sunglasses
Code: U+1F576 · added 2014
Shortcode: :dark_sunglasses:
Generally, 🕶 means sunglasses.
Unicode name: Smiling Face with Sunglasses
Code: U+1F60E · added 2015
Shortcode: :sunglasses:
Generally, it means you think something is cool or impressive.
Where the 🕶 Sunglasses emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F576 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Sunglasses was approved as U+1F576 and shipped in Emoji 0.7 (2014). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🕶 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.