๐ค face with head bandage Emoji - Copy & Paste Free
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What Does the ๐ค face with head bandage Emoji Mean?
A face with a bandage wrapped around the head, usually at an angle, sometimes with a visible bruise. It reads as physical injury rather than illness, which separates it from the sick and feverish faces, and the bandage style owes far more to cartoon convention than to anything a hospital would ever actually apply. Nobody has been bandaged like this outside of animation.
At a Glance
| Name | ๐ค face with head bandage |
|---|---|
| Unicode Codepoint | U+1F915 |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Introduced | Unicode 8.0 ยท iOS 9.1+ |
| Also Known As | face_with_head_bandage |
Last updated: September 2026
face with head bandage on Different Platforms
This emoji may look different across platforms. Here is how face with head bandage emoji appears on popular platforms:
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Shortcodes for face with head bandage ๐ค
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About face with head bandage Emoji
Usage: Accident and injury posts use it, usually for minor ones. Hangover references account for a large share, where the headache is genuine and the injury is not. Sports threads carry it after a knock. It is also deployed self-deprecatingly following a mistake, where the damage is to pride rather than to anything structural.
Encoded in Unicode 8.0 in 2015, in a release that expanded the set of unwell faces considerably. The head bandage tied at a jaunty angle is a cartoon convention going back to early animation, and no medical practice has ever applied one that way.
What Does the ๐ค face with head bandage Emoji Mean?
The ๐ค emoji is part of the Smileys & Emotion category. It is commonly used in digital communication to visually represent face with head bandage.
First introduced in Unicode 8.0, this emoji has become a staple in everyday messaging across platforms including iOS, Android, WhatsApp, and social media.
You may also find this emoji by searching for its alternative names: face_with_head_bandage.
Word Associations
People often pair the ๐ค face with head bandage emoji with these words and ideas:
face with head bandage Emoji in Other Languages
How to say the ๐ค face with head bandage emoji name around the world:
| English | ๐คface with head bandage |
|---|---|
| Espaรฑol | ๐คcara con vendaje en la cabeza |
| Franรงais | ๐คvisage avec bandage |
| Deutsch | ๐คGesicht mit Kopfverband |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ๐คๅ ๅธฏใฎ้ก |
| ไธญๆ | ๐คๅคด็ผ ็ปทๅธฆ็่ธ |
| เคนเคฟเคจเฅเคฆเฅ | ๐คเคชเคเฅเคเฅ เคตเคพเคฒเคพ เคเฅเคนเคฐเคพ |
| ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ | ๐คูุฌู ู ุน ุถู ุงุฏุฉ ุฑุฃุณ |
Emoji names are based on the Unicode CLDR short names for each language.
When to Use ๐ค face with head bandage Emoji
- when discussing hurt
Platform Support
This emoji is supported on iOS 9.1+, Android, Windows, macOS, and all major social media platforms including WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, Discord, Facebook, and TikTok.
How to Copy ๐ค
Simply click the "Copy" button above to copy ๐ค face with head bandage emoji to your clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere - in text messages, social media posts, emails, or documents. Works on all devices and platforms!
Technical Details
Use these code snippets to add the ๐ค face with head bandage emoji in your projects:
U+1F915🤕🤕content: '\1F915';"\u{1F915}""\U0001F915""\uD83E\uDD15""\uD83E\uDD15""\u{1F915}""\u{1F915}"Use these codes to insert the face with head bandage emoji in HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Perfect for web developers and designers.
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๐ค face with head bandage Emoji in Real Chats
Here's how people use the ๐ค face with head bandage emoji in everyday messages, captions and comments:
- โface with head bandage? Say less ๐คโ: a quick reaction that works in any DM or group chat.
- โThis is such a hurt moment ๐คโ: perfect for texts, Stories and captions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between ๐ค and ๐ค?
Cause, and it matters. The bandage means physical injury while the thermometer means illness. The two get confused constantly, though they describe quite different situations and quite different amounts of sympathy.
Is the bandage medically accurate?
Not remotely. The jauntily angled head wrap is a cartoon convention going back to early animation, and no hospital has ever dressed a wound that way.
Why is ๐ค used for hangovers?
Because the headache is real even if the injury is not. It conveys self-inflicted damage better than the illness faces, which imply something that was not the sender's fault.
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