Face With Medical Mask Emoji

Alternate styles by Microsoft Fluent Emoji and Google Noto Emoji Animation, MIT / CC BY 4.0 licensed.

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What does Face With Medical Mask 😷 mean?

Originally tied to illness or hygiene, this emoji is now also used more generally for feeling unwell or wanting to avoid catching something.

On most keyboards you'll find it grouped with the rest of the Smileys & Emotion emojis under Unwell, which makes it easy to browse similar options. Because tone doesn't always come through in text, it's often paired with a short phrase when the context isn't obvious. It's frequently used near emojis like Face With Thermometer and Face With Head-Bandage, which cover similar ground.

How to use Face With Medical Mask 😷 in a sentence

Feeling a bit under the weather today 😷
Trying not to catch whatever's going around 😷
Staying home to rest and recover 😷

Face With Medical Mask 😷 in other languages

French

visage avec masque

Mandarin

感冒

German

Gesicht mit Atemschutzmaske

Hindi

चिकित्सा मास्क वाला चेहरा

Japanese

マスク顔

Korean

마스크 낀 얼굴

Portuguese

rosto com máscara médica

Spanish

cara con mascarilla médica

Russian

в медицинской маске

Arabic

وجه بكمامة

Frequently asked questions

What does the Face With Medical Mask 😷 emoji mean?

Originally tied to illness or hygiene, this emoji is now also used more generally for feeling unwell or wanting to avoid catching something.

How do people use the Face With Medical Mask 😷 emoji in texting?

A common way it shows up in messages: "Feeling a bit under the weather today 😷" It's generally understood the same way across most messaging apps, though tone can shift slightly depending on who's sending it.

Can I download the Face With Medical Mask 😷 emoji as an image?

Yes — this page has buttons to download Face With Medical Mask as an SVG (vector, best for scaling to any size) or a high-resolution PNG. The images come from the Twemoji design set (CC-BY 4.0), so credit is required if you reuse them elsewhere, and the exact art style may look slightly different from how this emoji renders on your own phone or computer.