U2639

U+2639, also written U+2639, is the Unicode code point for the character commonly known as the White Frowning Face (☹). It is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block in Unicode and has the official name WHITE FROWNING FACE. The character is classified in the Unicode data as a Symbol, Other (General Category So).

The code point has the decimal value 9785 and the hexadecimal value 2639. In encoding terms, it can be represented in UTF-8 as the three-byte sequence E2 98 B9, in UTF-16 as 0x2639, and in UTF-32 as 0x00002639. In HTML, it can be encoded with the numeric character references ☹ or ☹.

Usage and rendering: The symbol is used to convey negative emotion such as sadness or disappointment in plain text. It can appear as a simple monochrome glyph in many fonts, while on platforms that support emoji it may be rendered as a colored or styled symbol depending on the font and rendering engine. Its appearance varies across operating systems and font families.

Context and scope: U+2639 is a utility symbol included in the Unicode standard to extend textual representation of facial expressions and emotions. It is widely supported across modern software, but its visual presentation is font-dependent, and not all environments treat it as a colored emoji. See also Unicode, Emoji, and Emoticons for related topics.