Head Shaking Horizontally
A yellow smiley face with closed eyes and a mouth with a subtle upward curl, shown with motion lines indicating that the smiley is shaking its head back and forth horizontally.
This is intended to depict a shaking head gesture, which is commonly (but not universally) used to indicate disagreement, denial, or rejection.
The Head Shaking Horizontally emoji is a ZWJ sequence combining ๐ Slightly Smiling Face,ย Zero Width Joinerย andย โ๏ธ Left-Right Arrow.ย These display as a single emoji on supported platforms.
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