Face in clouds emoji meaning

The face in clouds emoji shows a face with no visible mouth, surrounded by a layer of mist or fog. This design can represent a variety of emotions or states of mind, such as confusion, daydreaming, or feeling absent and disconnected. It is often linked to the phrase "head in the clouds" to convey being lost in thought or unfocused. People may also use it to express moments of emotional or mental fog, when things feel unclear or hard to understand. Some refer to it as the "face in the fog" emoji due to its appearance.

The face in clouds emoji was approved and added in Emoji 13.1, see related proposal L2/20130