Pleading emoji
🥺 is puppy eyes: please, aww, and the famous shy combo 🥺👉👈. Copy it here and see when it is sincere.
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What the pleading emoji means
🥺 (pleading face) has huge glossy eyes and a tiny mouth: puppy eyes. Added in Emoji 11.0 (2018), it became one of the most used emoji within a year because it does three things at once. It begs (“please 🥺”), it melts (“look at the kitten 🥺”), and it acts cute, which is why it anchors the shy combo 🥺👉👈, two fingers pressed together while asking for something.
Searches for a beggar or begging emoji land here because 🥺 is the face people use for it; there is no beggar character in Unicode. 🙏 (folded hands) is the other “please”, more formal and covered in the pray emoji guide.
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| pleading faceU+1F97A | Please, aww, shy, touched | Can read as manipulative when overused | |
| pleading face / backhand index pointing right / backhand index pointing leftU+1F97A · U+1F449 · U+1F448 | Bashful request, acting cute | A meme; playful | |
| folded handsU+1F64F | Please or thank you, more formal | See the pray emoji guide | |
| face holding back tearsU+1F979 | Holding back tears, touched | See the crying emoji guide | |
| crying faceU+1F622 | Sad | Not a request |
How people use it
- Asking a favour: “can you pick me up 🥺”
- Reacting to cute things: babies, pets, kind gestures
- Being touched: “you remembered 🥺”
- Flirting shyly: 🥺👉👈
- Mock-begging: “one more episode 🥺🥺”
Overuse is the main risk. One 🥺 is charming; a 🥺 on every request starts to look like a lever, and the people you send it to notice. Save it for things you actually want.
Chat examples
Real messages with 🥺, and a reply that fits.
can you drive me 🥺
fine 😂
one more episode 🥺👉👈
ok, one
please say yes 🥺
yes!
Questions people ask
What does 🥺 mean from a girl or a guy?
Puppy eyes: a plea, an “aww”, or shyness. In flirting it is a soft, bashful signal from anyone.
What does 🥺👉👈 mean?
Shy or nervous: the pleading face plus two index fingers touching. It is used when asking for something timidly or acting cute.
Is there a begging emoji?
🥺 is what people use. 🙏 works for a formal “please”. There is no character named beggar.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
