The sigh emoji is Face exhaling, U+1F62E joined to U+1F4A8, from Emoji 13.1. It leads a list of 60: nine emoji that share a CLDR word with it, 12 moods, 10 kinds of air, 15 text sighs and 13 combos.
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Skin tones: six items, not the face
Face exhaling has no skin tones and no plain text form. Six items follow the skin tone you pick under More options: one hand, three people and the combos Here we go again and Breathing exercise.
Two emoji in one
Face exhaling is not a single character. Unicode builds it from Face with open mouth, an invisible joiner and Dashing away, and a device from before Emoji 13.1 shows those two side by side. Unicode's names list calls the second half briffits, which Wikipedia's article on The Lexicon of Comicana explains as clouds of dust left by a swiftly departing character.
Tips
phew, oh well and uff are plain ASCII and arrive anywhere text does. Wiktionary has phew attested since the early 17th century.
Face with bags under eyes is from Emoji 16.0, so older devices show an empty box. Relieved face, from Emoji 0.6, is the safe stand-in.
The h in ๐ ๐๐โ is U+210E, Planck constant. Unicode left that seat in its italic alphabet empty, and its names list points there instead.
Questions and answers
What does the sigh emoji mean?
More than one mood. CLDR, the Unicode project's list of search words, files Face exhaling under sigh, exhale, relief, exhausted, groan, whisper and whistle. Wiktionary's noun agrees: a deep, audible breath, as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved or relieved.
Is the sigh emoji the same as the exhale emoji?
Yes: one character, Face exhaling, and exhale, sigh and smoke are three of its 14 CLDR search words. The first group holds every emoji that shares a word with it, which is how Dashing away, Prohibited and No smoking arrive: all three have smoke.
Is there a phew emoji?
No emoji has phew among its CLDR search words. The nearest are Sad but relieved face, the only emoji filed under whew, and Relieved face, which shares relief with Face exhaling alone. Unicode's names list notes that it indicates relief, not sleeping.
Sigh, and the nine emoji that share a CLDR word with it 10
๐จDashing awayU+1F4A8. The back half of Face exhaling, and one of three emoji that share smoke with it. Unicode's names list calls it a running dash, or briffits, a cartoonist's word for the dust cloud left by a fast exit. Emoji 0.6.
๐Face blowing a kissU+1F618. Here on a technicality: it is the only other emoji CLDR files under blowing. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฎโ๐จFace exhalingU+1F62E U+200D U+1F4A8. The only emoji CLDR files under sigh, exhale, groan, whisper or whistle. It is a sequence: Face with open mouth, a joiner and Dashing away. It has no skin tones and no plain text form. Emoji 13.1.
๐ซฉFace with bags under eyesU+1FAE9. The only other emoji CLDR files under exhausted. It also lists fatigued, late and weary. Emoji 16.0.
๐ซขFace with open eyes and hand over mouthU+1FAE2. The only other emoji CLDR files under gasp, which is the breath in. Its other words include awe, disbelief and omg. Emoji 14.0.
๐Leaf fluttering in windU+1F343. The other emoji CLDR files under blow, next to flutter, leaf and wind. Emoji 0.6.
๐ญNo smokingU+1F6AD. The third emoji that shares smoke. It has a plain text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐ซProhibitedU+1F6AB. Shares smoke with Face exhaling, by way of the no smoking sign. CLDR also lists entry, forbidden, no and not. Emoji 0.6.
๐Relieved faceU+1F60C. Shares relief with Face exhaling, and no other emoji has the word. Unicode's names list adds that it indicates relief, not sleeping. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฌ๏ธWind faceU+1F32C U+FE0F. One of two other emoji CLDR files under blow. Unicode glosses it as wind, and it has a plain text form. Emoji 0.7.
Show all 60 sigh emoji and text sighs (50 more)
Relief, ugh and oh well: three kinds of sigh 12
๐Disappointed faceU+1F61E. CLDR lists dejected, fail and blame. Emoji 0.6.
๐Expressionless faceU+1F611. CLDR lists fine, meh, oh and whatever, which is a sigh with the sound off. Emoji 1.0.
๐ซคFace with diagonal mouthU+1FAE4. The only emoji CLDR files under frustration. It also lists meh, unsure and whatever. Emoji 14.0.
๐Face with rolling eyesU+1F644. Ugh again, plus eyeroll, a word CLDR gives to it alone. Emoji 1.0.
๐Pensive faceU+1F614. The sad kind. CLDR lists dejected, disappointed and pensive. Emoji 0.6.
๐คฆPerson facepalmingU+1F926. The three facepalming emoji are the only ones CLDR files under exasperation. It also lists again and smh, and takes five skin tones. Emoji 3.0.
๐คทPerson shruggingU+1F937. The three shrugging emoji are the only ones CLDR files under indifference. It takes five skin tones. Emoji 3.0.
๐คPinched fingersU+1F90C. The third emoji CLDR files under ugh, and the only one under patience. It takes five skin tones. Emoji 13.0.
๐ฅSad but relieved faceU+1F625. The only emoji CLDR files under whew. Formally Disappointed but relieved face, and its words include close and call. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅฒSmiling face with tearU+1F972. One of three emoji CLDR files under relieved, beside glad, grateful and touched. Emoji 13.0.
๐Unamused faceU+1F612. One of three emoji CLDR files under ugh. Its list also has fine, whatever and smh. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฉWeary faceU+1F629. CLDR lists weary, tired and nooo, spelled with three letter o's. Emoji 0.6.
Breath, wind and letting go 10
๐ซงBubblesU+1FAE7. The only emoji CLDR files under floating, and the only one under burp. Emoji 14.0.
๐ฏ๏ธCandleU+1F56F U+FE0F. For a breath with a job to do. CLDR gives it two words, candle and light, and it has a plain text form. Emoji 0.7.
๐ถโ๐ซ๏ธFace in cloudsU+1F636 U+200D U+1F32B U+FE0F. Built the same way as Face exhaling and in the same release: Face without mouth, a joiner and Fog. It is the only emoji CLDR files under absentminded. Emoji 13.1.
๐ฎFace with open mouthU+1F62E. The front half of Face exhaling. On its own CLDR files it under whoa, wow and surprised. Emoji 1.0.
๐คFace with steam from noseU+1F624. A breath out through the nose instead. CLDR lists fume and steam, and Unicode's names list says it indicates triumph, not anger. Emoji 0.6.
๐ซ๏ธFogU+1F32B U+FE0F. The last part of Face in clouds. CLDR gives it three words, cloud, fog and weather, and it has a plain text form. Emoji 0.7.
๐ชทLotusU+1FAB7. Shares calm with Relieved face, and no other emoji has the word. CLDR also lists peace and serenity. Emoji 14.0.
๐ซLungsU+1FAC1. The only emoji CLDR files under breath, breathe, exhalation or inhalation. Emoji 13.0.
๐งPerson in lotus positionU+1F9D8. CLDR lists meditation, relax, serenity and zen. It takes five skin tones. Emoji 5.0.
๐Wind chimeU+1F390. One of three emoji CLDR files under wind, with Wind face and Leaf fluttering in wind. Emoji 0.6.
Sigh in plain text 15
ฮต=(ยดใผ๏ฝ;)A puff of air leaving to the left, drawn with a Greek epsilon. This site's own drawing
ใใๆฏJapanese for a sigh. The reading in kana is ใใใใ
ๅChinese. Wiktionary has it as a sighing interjection, ah or alas, and as a character whose meaning half is the sign for mouth
๊ฑษชษขสsigh in small capitals
ํ์จKorean for a sigh. Wiktionary traces it to Middle Korean words for to be big and breath
๐ ๐๐โsigh in mathematical italic. The h is U+210E, Planck constant, because Unicode left that seat in the italic alphabet empty
( -_-)=3Eyes shut and a puff of air leaving to the right, drawn with an equals sign and a 3. This site's own drawing, in plain ASCII
haizSinglish. Wiktionary's whole definition is two words: a sigh
oh wellAn expression of mild disappointment or resignation, in Wiktionary's words
phewUsed to express relief of tension, fatigue or surprise, by Wiktionary's account. It has the word attested since the early 17th century, as the sound of a rapid breath out
seufzThe sigh of German comics. Wiktionary lists it as an interjection, especially in comics, and as a form of the verb seufzen
*sigh*The word between asterisks. Wiktionary has the interjection as an expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow or frustration, often used in casual written contexts
soupirFrench for a sigh. In music it is also the quarter note rest, by Wiktionary's entry
suspiroSpanish and Portuguese for a sigh. Wiktionary lists meringue as a sense in both languages too
uffGerman for phew, and Italian for boredom, impatience or annoyance, by Wiktionary's entries
Sigh combos 13
๐ฎโ๐จ๐Blowing out the candlesFace exhaling, then birthday cake. A sigh with a purpose.
๐ง๐ฎโ๐จBreathing exercisePerson in lotus position, then face exhaling. CLDR files the sitter under meditation and relax. The person follows the skin tone.
๐ซ๐ฎโ๐จDeep breathLungs, then face exhaling. Lungs is the only emoji CLDR files under breathe.
๐๐ฎโ๐จFine, whateverUnamused face, then face exhaling. Both words are on CLDR's list for Unamused face.
๐ซข๐ฎโ๐จGasp, then sighFace with open eyes and hand over mouth, then face exhaling. The only two emoji CLDR files under gasp, in the order the air moves.
๐คฆ๐ฎโ๐จHere we go againPerson facepalming, then face exhaling. CLDR files the facepalm under again. The person follows the skin tone.
๐ฅโ ๐ฎโ๐จInbox zeroInbox tray, then check mark button, then face exhaling. CLDR lists zero for Inbox tray, and only a keycap shares the word.
๐ฎโ๐จ๐ถJust whistlingFace exhaling, then musical notes. CLDR files Face exhaling under whistle, and gives the word to no other emoji.
๐ฎโ๐จ๐จ๐จLong exhaleFace exhaling, then dashing away 2 times. Two more puffs, for a longer one.
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน๐ฎโ๐จOn the mendMending heart, then face exhaling. Mending heart is another sequence from Emoji 13.1, the release that brought Face exhaling.
๐ฎโ๐จ๐Sigh of reliefFace exhaling, then relieved face. The two emoji CLDR files under relief, and the only two.
๐ฅ๐ฎโ๐จThat was closeSad but relieved face, then face exhaling. Whew first, then the breath out.
๐ฎโ๐จโToo hot to drinkFace exhaling, then hot beverage. CLDR files Hot beverage under steaming.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. Names, code points, skin tone sequences and Emoji version numbers come from Unicode's emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt), which gives Face exhaling as U+1F62E, a zero width joiner and U+1F4A8, from Emoji 13.1; item names are the CLDR short names in sentence case. The first group follows a stated rule: every emoji that shares a search word with Face exhaling in the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml, main branch), leaving out the two catch-all words face and smiley, which is ten emoji. The words quoted in the notes are CLDR's, and each claim that an emoji is the only one with a word, or one of a counted few (sigh, exhale, exhaling, groan, whisper, whistle, blow, blowing, exhausted, gasp, relief, smoke, whew, relieved, ugh, eyeroll, patience, exasperation, indifference, frustration, breath, breathe, exhalation, inhalation, absentminded, wind, calm, floating, burp, zero), was checked by the script against the whole file; it also checked that no emoji has the word phew, sighing, whistling, huff, resigned, alas or breathing. Formal character names come from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt); the alias running dash, briffits for U+1F4A8, the notes on Relieved face and Face with look of triumph, the gloss wind, and the reserved seat at U+1D455 that points to U+210E are from NamesList.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). Text forms come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). That an unsupported joiner sequence is shown as its separate emoji is from Unicode Technical Standard 51, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/). The meaning of briffits is from Wikipedia's article The Lexicon of Comicana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana). Word senses are from the Wiktionary entries sigh (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigh), phew, whew, oh well, uff, seufz, haiz, soupir, suspiro, ใใๆฏ, ๅ and ํ์จ. The two styled spellings and the second text face are built from code points whose names the script checks. The two text faces and the 13 combos with their names are this site's own; nobody has standardised them, and no source was found that lists a sigh emoticon. All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work (the selection, the combo names and the wording are ours; emoji names, sequences and search words come from Unicode's data files and CLDR, under the Unicode License v3; facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in our own words and credited in source)