Guilty Emoji

Unicode names no emoji guilty, so copy the grimace, or pick a guilty smile, a caught face or a sorry.

Guilty Emoji

😬Grimacing faceU+1F62CReady to copy

58 items. Tap one to copy it.

Guilty faces 7

Guilty smiles 4

Caught 8

Guilt emoji: sorry and regret 6

Typed guilty faces 7

Lines for owning up 6

The evidence 6

Guilty combos 14

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Next step Blushing faces, for milder casesNext: sneaky emoji, for before you are caught

How it works

For a guilty emoji, start with Grimacing face, U+1F62C, which CLDR, Unicode’s list of search words, files under awkward. The other faces here stand under the nearest words it has: embarrassed, oops, caught, blame and regret.

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What CLDR files near guilty

Caught belongs to one emoji, Frowning face with open mouth. Blame is shared by Fearful face, Disappointed face and Angry face. Oops finds Face with hand over mouth, Speak-no-evil monkey and Pouring liquid. Innocent has one face, Smiling face with halo, for the denial.

Guilt, as regret

Wiktionary gives guilt as regret for having done wrong. CLDR files regret, apology and forgive under one emoji and its man and woman forms: 🙇 Person bowing. Sorry adds Confused face.

  • Wiktionary records hand in the cookie jar for being caught doing something wrong. Hence the Cookie.
  • m(_ _)m is a bow typed on a keyboard: Wikipedia lists it as dogeza, for apology. The one here adds a drop of sweat.
  • See-no-evil monkey is filed under forgot, which makes it the face for a missed birthday.

Questions and answers

Is there a guilty emoji?

Not by name. Unicode’s emoji list, version 18.0, names no emoji guilty, and CLDR gives no emoji the words guilty, guilt, shame or ashamed.

What is the guilty face emoji?

Take 😬 Grimacing face, which CLDR files under awkward, 😳 Flushed face, filed under embarrassed, or 🫣 Face with peeking eye, filed under embarrass and hide. None of the three is named guilty.

What is the guilty smile emoji?

😅 Grinning face with sweat, which CLDR files under nervous and smile. Grimacing face is filed under smile and grinning too, so a guilty smile can be either.

All 58 items

Guilty faces 7

  • Face with hand over mouth U+1F92D. One of three emoji filed under oops. The only one filed under whoops. Emoji 5.0.
  • Face with peeking eye U+1FAE3. One eye peeking out. Filed under embarrass, hide and peek. Emoji 14.0.
  • Flushed face U+1F633. A face gone red. Filed under embarrassed and awkward. Emoji 0.6.
  • Grimacing face U+1F62C. A grimace, not quite a grin. Filed under awkward and grimace. Emoji 1.0.
  • Melting face U+1FAE0. Dissolving on the spot. Filed under embarrassed and disappear. Emoji 14.0.
  • See-no-evil monkey U+1F648. The monkey that will not look. Filed under embarrassed and forgot. Emoji 0.6.
  • Zipper-mouth face U+1F910. Saying nothing. Filed under secret and quiet. Emoji 1.0.

Guilty smiles 4

  • Grinning face with sweat U+1F605. The guilty smile: a grin, with sweat. Filed under nervous and smile. Emoji 0.6.
  • Slightly smiling face U+1F642. A slight smile and nothing more. Filed under smile and happy. Emoji 1.0.
  • Smiling face with halo U+1F607. For a denial nobody believes. The only emoji filed under innocent. Emoji 1.0.
  • Upside-down face U+1F643. A smile turned over. Filed under hehe. Emoji 1.0.
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Caught 8

  • Disappointed face U+1F61E. Filed under blame and fail. Emoji 0.6.
  • Eyes U+1F440. Someone saw. Filed under look and see. Emoji 0.6.
  • Face with open eyes and hand over mouth U+1FAE2. A gasp behind a hand. Filed under embarrass and gasp. Emoji 14.0.
  • Fearful face U+1F628. One of three emoji filed under blame. Emoji 0.6.
  • Frowning face with open mouth U+1F626. The only emoji filed under caught. Emoji 1.0.
  • Index pointing at the viewer U+1FAF5. Filed under you. Emoji 14.0.
  • Pouring liquid U+1FAD7. A glass poured out. Filed under oops, spill and accident. Emoji 14.0.
  • Speak-no-evil monkey U+1F64A. The monkey that will not tell. Filed under oops and secret. Emoji 0.6.

Guilt emoji: sorry and regret 6

  • Confused face U+1F615. The one face filed under sorry. Emoji 1.0.
  • Downcast face with sweat U+1F613. Downcast, with sweat. Filed under yikes and nervous. Emoji 0.6.
  • Folded hands U+1F64F. Filed under please, beg and ask. Emoji 0.6.
  • Pensive face U+1F614. For thinking it over. Filed under dejected and sad. Emoji 0.6.
  • Person bowing U+1F647. With its man and woman forms, the only emoji filed under regret. Also filed under apology, forgive and sorry. Emoji 0.6.
  • Pleading face U+1F97A. Big eyes. Filed under mercy, please and puppy. Emoji 11.0.

Typed guilty faces 7

  • (._. ) Studying the floor
  • (;^_^) Smiling through it
  • (>_>;) Looking away, one drop of sweat
  • (^_^;)> Scratching the back of the head
  • (°ー°;) Frozen on the spot
  • m(;_ _)m A bow down to the floor, with a drop of sweat
  • \(o_o;)/ Hands up

Lines for owning up 6

  • guilty as charged For owning up.
  • I can explain For the moment the door opens.
  • in my defense, it looked delicious For the last slice.
  • it was like that when I got here For a broken thing.
  • my bad My fault, as Wiktionary has it.
  • oops The short version.

The evidence 6

  • Balance scale U+2696 U+FE0F. Filed under justice and scales. Emoji 1.0.
  • Chocolate bar U+1F36B. Filed under chocolate and candy. Emoji 0.6.
  • Cookie U+1F36A. For a hand in the cookie jar. Filed under cookie and sweet. Emoji 0.6.
  • Dog face U+1F436. Filed under puppy and pet. Emoji 0.6.
  • Honey pot U+1F36F. The jar itself. Filed under jar and honey. Emoji 0.6.
  • Paw prints U+1F43E. Tracks across a clean floor. Filed under paws and prints. Emoji 0.6.

Guilty combos 14

  • A little bit guilty Pinching hand, then grimacing face.
  • Ate the last slice Pizza, then grimacing face.
  • Caught red-handed Eyes, then raised hand, then cookie.
  • Chewed the shoe Dog face, then running shoe, then pleading face.
  • The dog did it Backhand index pointing right, then dog face.
  • Forgot your birthday Birthday cake, then see-no-evil monkey.
  • Guilty pleasure Grimacing face, then chocolate bar.
  • Hand in the cookie jar Face with peeking eye, then cookie.
  • Not guilty Person gesturing NO, then balance scale, then smiling face with halo.
  • Owning up Person raising hand, then balance scale.
  • Peace offering Bouquet, then chocolate bar, then pleading face.
  • Spilled it Pouring liquid, then flushed face.
  • That was me Person raising hand, then grinning face with sweat.
  • Who, me? Person shrugging, then smiling face with halo.

How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-08 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Unicode names no emoji guilty: every name in that list and every CLDR search word was searched for guilt, shame, ashamed and remorse, and none was found. The groups follow the words CLDR does have: awkward, embarrassed, oops, caught, blame, innocent, regret and sorry. Guilt as regret for having done wrong, hand in the cookie jar, red-handed, guilty pleasure and my bad are as Wiktionary defines them (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guilt, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hand_in_the_cookie_jar, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/red-handed, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guilty_pleasure, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/my_bad, CC BY-SA 4.0), restated. The typed bow m(_ _)m as dogeza for apology is a row of Wikipedia’s List of emoticons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons, CC BY-SA 4.0). The typed faces, the lines, the combos and their names are this site’s own work; nobody has standardised them. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the text drawings and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.

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