Smileys & Emotion · Emoji 16.0
Face With Bags Under Eyes Emoji
Means running on empty, exhausted, and it shows on your face. Sent when someone’s sleep-deprived, worn out, or done for the day.
It shows a tired face with visible bags under the eyes, added in 2024 to capture that specific look of someone who hasn’t slept enough.
- Unicode
- U+1FAE9
- Released
- 2024
- Shortcode
- :face_
with_ bags_ under_ eyes: - Skin tones
- No
Added in Emoji 16.0. On phones older than iOS 18.4 / Android 15 it arrives as an empty box — the character exists, the artwork does not.
01 — Meaning
What does the Face With Bags Under Eyes emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
People also look for it as bags under eyes emoji.
02 — Platforms
Face With Bags Under Eyes emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1FAE9 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your face with bags under eyes 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
Face With Bags Under Eyes emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :face_with_bags_under_eyes:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the face with bags under eyes, code point U+1FAE9.
04 — How to type
How to type the Face With Bags Under Eyes emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Face With Bags Under Eyes emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 5. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
JoyPixels
06 — Combinations
Face With Bags Under Eyes emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around face with bags under eyes 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.
08 — In conversation
What means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
09 — Apps
What means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the face with bags under eyes lands changes how it is taken.
11 — Difference
vs 😁 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Face With Bags Under Eyes
Code: U+1FAE9 · added 2024
Shortcode: :face_with_bags_under_eyes:
Means running on empty, exhausted, and it shows on your face.
Unicode name: Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes
Code: U+1F601 · added 2010
Shortcode: :grin:
Generally, 😁 just means someone is happy and smiling.
12 — History
Where the Face With Bags Under Eyes emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1FAE9 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.
Face With Bags Under Eyes was approved as U+1FAE9 and shipped in Emoji 16.0 (2024). 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, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ