Smileys & Emotion · Emoji 15.1
Head Shaking Horizontally Emoji
Means saying no, disagreeing, or shaking off something without words. A quick way to reject an idea or express disbelief at what was said.
It shows a smiling face mid head-shake, side to side, added in 2023 to mimic the real gesture people make for no.
- Unicode
- U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2023
- Shortcode
- :head_
shaking_ horizontally: - Skin tones
- No
Added in Emoji 15.1. On phones older than iOS 17 / Android 14 it arrives as an empty box — the character exists, the artwork does not.
01 — Meaning
What does the 🙂↔️ Head Shaking Horizontally 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 shaking head emoji, head shaking emoji.
02 — Platforms
Head Shaking Horizontally emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F642 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your head shaking horizontally looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Head Shaking Horizontally emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :head_shaking_horizontally:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the head shaking horizontally, code point U+1F642.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🙂↔️ Head Shaking Horizontally emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Head Shaking Horizontally emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 4. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
06 — Combinations
Head Shaking Horizontally emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around head shaking horizontally for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →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.
07 — Emoji Kitchen
Head Shaking Horizontally Emoji Kitchen stickers
Google's sticker mixer has drawn 571 mixes with this one. Here are 12 of them. Tap any to open it full size.
Mix it yourself →
08 — In conversation
What 🙂↔️ means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the head shaking horizontally and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
09 — Apps
What 🙂↔️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+1F642, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
10 — Related
Emojis similar to the Head Shaking Horizontally emoji
Same family (face-neutral-skeptical) — often confused with head shaking horizontally or used alongside it.
Smileys & Emotion →
Head Shaking Vertically
😀Grinning Face
😃Grinning Face with Big Eyes
😄Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes
😁Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes
😆Grinning Squinting Face
Collections 🙂↔️ belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:
11 — Difference
🙂↔️ vs 🫨 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Head Shaking Horizontally
Code: U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F · added 2023
Shortcode: :head_shaking_horizontally:
Means saying no, disagreeing, or shaking off something without words.
Unicode name: Shaking Face
Code: U+1FAE8 · added 2022
Shortcode: :shaking_face:
Means total shock or disbelief so strong it feels like the ground shifted.
12 — History
Where the 🙂↔️ Head Shaking Horizontally emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F 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.
Head Shaking Horizontally was approved as U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 15.1 (2023). 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. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ