冷や汗

A yellow face with closed eyes, frown, and a bead of sweat dripping from its forehead. Usually depicted with a single sweat bead on its right side, though Facebook and WhatsApp include the sweat bead on its left side.

Meaning widely varies, but commonly conveys a moderate degree of sadness, pain, frustration, or disappointment, similar to 😢 Crying Face and 😥 Sad But Relieved Face. Not to be confused with 😅 Grinning Face With Sweat or other emojis with tear or sweat droplets.

Google previously featured a blue face. Microsoft previously depicted multiple beads of sweat from around the smiley’s forehead. Earlier designs from Samsung had more pleading eyes.