Clown face emoji meaning

The clown face emoji represents the face of a clown, featuring white makeup, a red nose, big, dramatic eyes, and a wide, painted-on smile. Clowns are known for their colorful makeup and costumes, and this emoji often reflects those traditional features. It is commonly used in conversations to show humor, playfulness, or silliness, indicating that someone is joking or not being serious. At the same time, it can be used to describe someone acting naively or foolishly, often in a lighthearted or teasing way. In certain situations, this emoji may also carry darker connotations, as clowns are sometimes linked with the horror genre, especially in movies and stories where they take on a creepy or unsettling role. This dual nature makes it a versatile emoji that can fit a variety of contexts.

The clown face emoji is also known as Clown Emoji.

The clown face emoji was approved in Unicode 9.0 and added in Emoji 3.0, see related proposal L2/15054