Thinking Face Emoji Meaning
A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows looking upwards, its thumb and index finger resting on its chin. Intended to show a person pondering or deep in thought. Often used to question or scorn something or someone, as if saying Hmm, I don't know about that. Tone varies, including earnest, playful, puzzled, skeptical, and mocking.
May be paired with ๐ญ Thought Balloon or ๐ก Light Bulb to represent thinking, (having) ideas, and learning.
Like ๐ค Hugging Face, ๐คซ Shushing Face, and ๐คญ Face With Hand Over Mouth, it is one of the few smileys featuring a hand.
Thinking Face was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.