Two emoji answer to sweat: Grinning face with sweat, U+1F605, at the top, and Sweat droplets, U+1F4A6, on the next tile. CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files seven emoji under sweat or sweating. All seven are here, among 59.
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Seven kinds of sweat
Four emoji have sweat in the name. CLDR adds three that do not: Hot face, Sad but relieved face and Droplet. Four of the seven also carry the word cold, the nervous grin among them, which is cold sweat, properly filed. Unicode files Sweat droplets beside Collision and Dizzy, and CLDR gives all three the word comic. Droplet is filed with the weather.
Hot, by the book
For hot emoji copy and paste, take Hot face, U+1F975, from Emoji 11.0. It is the only emoji CLDR files under panting. Melting face dates from Emoji 14.0 and Folding hand fan from 15.0, so an older device shows an empty box. CLDR lists hot, cool and cooling for the fan, which makes it problem and cure.
Tips
A skin tone, picked under More options, carries to five emoji, lifter and runner among them, and to Leg day, Sauna and Running late.
^^; and (-_-;) are plain ASCII, so no device will box them. The three dot-eyed faces need a font with the katakana middle dot.
Lotion bottle is the only emoji CLDR files under sunscreen. It is in the Cooling off group.
Questions and answers
Which one is the sweat emoji?
Grinning face with sweat is the nervous one: CLDR lists nervous and stress for it. Sweat droplets is the drops alone, which CLDR files under work and workout. Heat is Hot face. Relief is Sad but relieved face, the only emoji filed under whew.
Which emoji mean hot?
CLDR files 11 emoji under hot or heat, Hot dog, Hot beverage and Bomb among them. Ten open the Hot group; Hot face sits under sweat. The plain Sun is not one, though Sun with face is. The group's last four tiles are our additions.
What does the semicolon mean in ^_^; ?
It is a sweat drop, beside a face read upright. Wikipedia's list of emoticons files ^^;, ^_^; and (-_-;) as nervous, embarrassed, troubled, shy, sweat drop. Its article on emoticons adds that in Korean text faces a semicolon can mean sweating, as in -_-;;.
π°Anxious face with sweatU+1F630. Sweat from nerves. CLDR lists rushed, eek and yikes, and cold again. Emoji 0.6.
πDowncast face with sweatU+1F613. Sweat from effort or dread. CLDR lists headache, nervous and yikes. Emoji 0.6.
π§DropletU+1F4A7. One drop, filed with the weather. CLDR lists sweat, tear and cold for it, so it does three jobs. Emoji 0.6.
π Grinning face with sweatU+1F605. The nervous laugh. CLDR lists nervous, stress and excited for it, and cold, as in cold sweat. Emoji 0.6.
π₯΅Hot faceU+1F975. The sweat of plain heat. It is the only emoji that CLDR files under panting, and it lists heat and red-faced too. Emoji 11.0.
π₯Sad but relieved faceU+1F625. No sweat in the name. CLDR lists it anyway, with close, call and whew. Emoji 0.6.
π¦Sweat dropletsU+1F4A6. The drops with no face. Unicode files them with its comic-strip marks, next to Collision and Dizzy, and CLDR lists work, workout and splashing. Emoji 0.6.
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π£BombU+1F4A3. The strangest entry on the hot list. CLDR lists hot, boom and comic. Emoji 0.6.
π΅CactusU+1F335. CLDR lists desert and drought. Emoji 0.6.
ποΈDesertU+1F3DC U+FE0F. Dry heat, as a place. Emoji 0.7.
π₯FireU+1F525. CLDR lists hot, burn and lit. Emoji 0.6.
π³Flushed faceU+1F633. Hot in the cheeks. CLDR lists heat and hot beside embarrassed and awkward. Emoji 0.6.
πͺFolding hand fanU+1FAAD. CLDR lists hot, cool and cooling for it, so it is problem and cure. It dates from Emoji 15.0. Emoji 15.0.
βHot beverageU+2615. On the list for the word hot. Not what anyone wants in a heatwave. Emoji 0.6.
πHot dogU+1F32D. Here on a technicality: CLDR files it under hot. Emoji 1.0.
πΆοΈHot pepperU+1F336 U+FE0F. Hot by name, and the quickest way to a Hot face. Emoji 0.7.
β¨οΈHot springsU+2668 U+FE0F. Steam off hot water. CLDR lists steaming. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
π« Melting faceU+1FAE0. CLDR lists heat, hot and melt, then sarcasm. It dates from Emoji 14.0. Emoji 14.0.
βοΈSunU+2600 U+FE0F. The plain sun. CLDR skips hot and heat for it, and lists bright, rays and sunny. Emoji 0.6.
πSun with faceU+1F31E. The sun that CLDR files under heat, with beach and sunshine. Emoji 1.0.
π‘οΈThermometerU+1F321 U+FE0F. Filed with the weather, so it reads as temperature, not as a sick day. Emoji 0.7.
Earned sweat 6
πͺFlexed bicepsU+1F4AA. CLDR lists gym, gains, bench and curls. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
π΄Person bikingU+1F6B4. CLDR lists cyclist and riding. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 1.0.
π§Person in steamy roomU+1F9D6. Sweating on purpose. CLDR lists sauna, steam, spa and unwind. Emoji 5.0.
ποΈPerson lifting weightsU+1F3CB U+FE0F. CLDR lists workout, deadlift and barbell. Pick a skin tone and the lifter follows. Emoji 0.7.
πPerson runningU+1F3C3. CLDR lists marathon, hurry and rush, so it covers the race and the bus. Emoji 0.6.
π½Running shirtU+1F3BD. The kit. CLDR lists athletics and sash. Emoji 0.6.
Cooling off 8
π₯€Cup with strawU+1F964. CLDR lists soda, juice and water. Emoji 5.0.
π§IceU+1F9CA. CLDR lists cold and cube. It dates from Emoji 12.0. Emoji 12.0.
π§΄Lotion bottleU+1F9F4. The only emoji that CLDR files under sunscreen. Emoji 11.0.
π°Potable waterU+1F6B0. A tap, filed with the transport signs. CLDR lists drinking. Emoji 1.0.
π§Shaved iceU+1F367. Dessert as a cooling system. Emoji 0.6.
πΏShowerU+1F6BF. The obvious next step. Emoji 1.0.
π§ΌSoapU+1F9FC. CLDR lists bathing, lather and clean. Emoji 11.0.
β±οΈUmbrella on groundU+26F1 U+FE0F. Shade. CLDR lists sun and rain for the same umbrella. It has a text form. Emoji 0.7.
Text sweat drops 11
(-_-;)Flat eyes and a drop: troubled
(^^γA hiragana iteration mark as a hand at the back of the head
(^_^;)The nervous smile with a head round it
(~_~;)Tildes for wavering eyes
(γ».γ»;)A full stop for a small mouth
(γ»_γ»;)Katakana middle dots for eyes, wide open
(γ»γ»;)Only the dots and the drop
-_-;;No brackets, two drops: the Korean style
^^;Smiling eyes, and a semicolon for the sweat drop
^_^;The same, with a mouth
οΌ Β΄Πο½οΌAccents for brows, Cyrillic De for an open mouth: yelling, or panting
Sweaty combos 13
π₯β Close callSad but relieved face, then check mark button. CLDR lists close, call and whew for the face.
π°π§Cold sweatAnxious face with sweat, then ice. CLDR lists cold for both of them.
π₯΅π°π₯€Drink some waterHot face, then potable water, then cup with straw. A reminder, for you or for someone else.
πΆοΈπ₯΅π¦Extra hot sauceHot pepper, then hot face, then sweat droplets. The word hot, twice, then the result.
πͺπ₯΅Fan on fullFolding hand fan, then hot face. CLDR lists cooling for the fan and heat for the face.
βοΈπ₯΅π‘οΈHeatwaveSun, then hot face, then thermometer. Cause, effect, measurement.
ποΈπ¦Leg dayPerson lifting weights, then sweat droplets. CLDR lists workout for both. The lifter follows the skin tone you pick.
ππ« MeltingSun with face, then melting face. CLDR lists heat for both.
π π¬Nervous laughGrinning face with sweat, then grimacing face. CLDR lists nervous for the first face and awkward for the second.
π«π¦No sweatProhibited, then sweat droplets. Literal. Send it when the favour was easy.
π€π°Public speakingMicrophone, then anxious face with sweat. The microphone is not the problem.
ππ°β°Running latePerson running, then anxious face with sweat, then alarm clock. CLDR lists hurry for the runner, rushed for the face and late for the clock. The runner follows the skin tone you pick.
π§β¨οΈSaunaPerson in steamy room, then hot springs. Sweating on purpose. The person follows the skin tone you pick.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The 35 emoji, their names, code points, subgroups, skin tones and Emoji version numbers come from emoji-test.txt, 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, in sentence case. The search words quoted in the notes are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml, main branch). Two rules are complete: the group Filed under sweat is all 7 emoji to which that file gives the search word sweat, sweating or sweaty, and the group Hot opens with the other 10 of the 11 emoji given hot or heat (Hot face is the eleventh and sits under sweat). Sun, Thermometer, Desert and Cactus at the end of Hot, and the groups Earned sweat and Cooling off, are this site's own pick. The text forms (Hot pepper, Hot springs, Hot beverage, Bomb, Sun, Thermometer, Desert, Person lifting weights, Umbrella on ground) come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). The 11 text faces and the 13 combos are this site's own choice, and the combo names are our own. Every character in a text face was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), and a note that names a character uses its name from that file. Wikipedia's List of emoticons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons) records ^^;, ^_^;, (^_^;), (-_-;), (~_~;), the three middle-dot faces and the iteration-mark face in one row as nervous, embarrassed, troubled, shy, sweat drop, and the Cyrillic-mouth face as yelling, or panting. Its article Emoticon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon) notes that in Korean emoticons a semicolon can mean sweating and gives -_-;; as an example. 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, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in our own words and credited in source)