Emoji dictionary

😴 Sleeping Face emoji

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August 28, 2018

What does Sleeping Face emoji 😴 mean?

The sleeping face emoji depicts a calm face, snoozing away without a care in the world. Used in all kinds of posts that revolve around sleep and boredom, it’s also referred to as the snoring face and sleep face emoji.

Where does 😴 Sleeping Face emoji come from?

You’re feeling sleepy … very sleepy.

The sleeping face emoji was approved as part of Unicode 6.1 in 2012 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. On all platforms, the traditional “zzz” is used to represent a peaceful, content snore, a vision that might annoy the insomniacs amongst us. Why “zzz,” you might ask? Well, it’s one of those onomatopoeic words, where the “z” sound replicates—to some degree—the sound of a snore.

We think the Mozilla platform version looks like an infant as the screenshot from Emojipedia shows below. Awwww.

Examples of 😴 Sleeping Face emoji

Any nap is a good nap in college 😴

@ayojamal22, August, 2018

I love when my dogs match my energy 😩🙌🏼😴

@lustrelux, August, 2018

Time for a nap, I'm off to bed now. Nighty night Luciverse, sleep well 😴 or whatever time it is with you. 😉 Tweet ya tomorrow.

@HeinHolstein, August, 2018

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Who uses 😴 Sleeping Face emoji?

From humorous posts to frustrated ones, from animals to sweet-smelling babies, the range of images and messages that are used along with the sleeping face emoji is huge! Beware, some of these may have you … feeling … sleepy.

#mood #🦍 #😴

A post shared by Qris Qatar (@betsyforvictory) on Aug 22, 2018 at 1:01pm PDT

#selfie #noglasses #hair #sleep #sleepy #sleeping #sleepingselfie #nameless #namelessthegiraffe #giraffe #😴

A post shared by Elissa Renee (@thegirlwhodroolswhenshesleeps) on Aug 22, 2018 at 12:43pm PDT

Yesternight's insomnia is catching up with me now… I'm so sleepy 😩😴

— ❤Annette❤ (@kavzkaveni) August 22, 2018

Me: (tells a joke)

My class:
😐😐😒😑🤔😐😑😐😴😐😑😕😐😐😑😐😐😐😕😐😒😐🙄 😐😐😒😑🙄😐😑😐😴😐😑😕😐😐😑😐😐😐😕😐😒😐🙄 😐😐😒😑🙄😐😑😐😐😑😕😴😐😐😑😐😐😐😕😐😒😐🙄😐

— ☠️ECU Professor☠️ (@ECUProfessor) August 22, 2018

The sleeping face emoji is popular for signing off social media for the evening:

Good night all ☺️😴 pic.twitter.com/BeMKFttW9S

— CLAIRE 🇬🇧💙 (@ClaireyBash) August 22, 2018

Now I lay me down to sleep, Dreaming of the foods I’ll eat, If I die before I wake, Let it be on stacks of cake #failedpoet #goodnight #😴 ————————————-——— #🐶 #cockapoo #cutenessoverload #cockapoosofinstagram #dogsofnyc #dogsofinstagram #nycdogs #ilovemydog #dogsofnewyork #spoodle #mydogiscutest #bestwoof #dogoftheday #doodlesofinstaworld #cockapoosofig #instadog #instapup #instacute #cute #dog #doglover #instapup #spoodle #dogsofinstaworld #dailypup #topdogphotos

A post shared by Barley (@barley12ny) on Aug 21, 2018 at 5:17pm PDT

Good night everyone 😴😴😴 pic.twitter.com/3sY8a1MvOG

— Derick (@DerickPauls) August 22, 2018

Goodnight 😴👑🇱🇻 pic.twitter.com/RVe7tVU4gy

— Mayed Abdulla (@almaydii_33) August 22, 2018

#😴

A post shared by Sasawat Phongdontre (@taechachuen) on Aug 22, 2018 at 1:43pm PDT

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