Persevering Face
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Struggling Face·Concentrating Hard
Gritting Teeth·Pain Face·Effort Face
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About
The Persevering Face emoji (😣) is the visual embodiment of gritting your teeth and pushing through something difficult. Whether you're cramming for finals, sitting through a painfully awkward meeting, or trying to solve that one impossible level, this scrunched-up expression captures that exact moment when you're concentrating so hard it actually hurts.
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- Smileys & Emotion
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When to use 😣
- →Expressing the struggle of studying for exams or working on difficult tasks
- →Showing you're enduring something unpleasant but necessary
- →Reacting to physically or mentally challenging situations
- →Indicating intense concentration or deep focus
- →Communicating mild frustration while still trying to stay positive
Keywords
perseveringfaceconcentrateconcentrationfocusheadacheperseveresmileysemotion
Related Concepts
grinding throughmental straintough situationpushing throughintense focuswillpowerenduring painworking hardstress face
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1F623
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 0.6
Did you know?
This emoji is often confused with pain or discomfort, but its original intent was specifically about perseverance—that face you make when you're not giving up despite the difficulty.
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