🤒 Face with Thermometer - I have a Fever, High Temperature, Ill, Sick

🤒 Meaning

The emoji depicts a yellow, round face with closed eyes, furrowed brows, a straight (or slightly downturned) mouth, and, most importantly, a thermometer in its mouth.

The primary meaning is illness, feeling unwell, fever, flu, or cold . It conveys a state of physical malaise, fatigue, and weakness. Figuratively, it can mean:

🤒 Physical illness: “I’m sick”, “I have a fever”, “I feel really bad”.

🤒 Emotional state: Extreme fatigue, burnout, or disgust towards something (“I feel so bad about this news,” “I’m as tired as a dog”).

🤒 Irony: Sometimes used to exaggerate one's feelings about a minor issue.

Associations

• Flu and acute respiratory viral infections.
• High temperature, fever, chills.
• Bed rest, sick leave.
• Hot tea with lemon, medicines.
• Weakness and apathy.
• Care (when sent in response to another person's complaints).

Usage

🤒 In private messages: To inform friends or family that you are sick and cannot be contacted.

• Example: “I won’t go to work today, my temperature is almost 39 🤒.”

🤒 On social media: In captions to photos with tea, medicine, or a cozy blanket.

• Example: "The best medicine is sleep and raspberries 🤒💊🍵."

🤒 In response to bad news: As a reaction to something shocking or unpleasant.

• Example: "Have you heard what utility prices are these days? 🤒"

🤒 For empathy: In response to the interlocutor's complaints, to express sympathy.

How it appeared

Emoji was approved as part of the Unicode 6.0 standard in 2010. It emerged as part of a general trend to add a variety of emotions and human states to the character set. The design is roughly the same across all systems (Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft): a yellow face with a thermometer. Details (the expression in the eyes, the shape of the mouth) may vary slightly, although the essence is always the same: suffering from illness.

Interesting facts

1. Crisis Manager: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of this emoji has increased dramatically as people began to talk more about their symptoms.
2. Cultural differences: In some cultures, an oral thermometer is not the most common way to measure temperature (armpit or ear thermometers are used), but the image is so classic that everyone understands it.
3. In a set with friends: He has "colleagues in misfortune": 🤕 (Face with a bandage - for injuries) and 🤧 (Sneezing face - for allergies or a cold). Together, they make up the "hospital" emoji set.

Combination with other emojis

🤒 + 💊 = "I'm taking medication"

🤒 + 🍵 = "I'm treating myself with hot tea"

🤒 + 🛌 = "In bed, sick"

🤒 + 🏥 = "Got to the hospital"

🤒 + 😷 = "I'm sick and wearing a mask"

🤒 + ❄️ = "I'm shivering from a fever."

🤒 + 💔 = "Broken heart or emotional pain from loss/news"

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This emoji can be seamlessly integrated into the design or content of the following types of websites:

Online medical services:

• Telemedicine websites, online consultations with doctors.
• Encyclopedias of diseases and symptoms.
• Use: in "I feel sick" buttons, in symptom sections (next to "high temperature"), in cold articles.

Websites and blogs about healthy lifestyle:

• Sections on immunity and flu prevention.
• Use: in infographics about how to avoid getting sick, or in articles about recovering from illness.

Online pharmacies:

• Product categories (antipyretics, cold remedies).
• Seasonal sales banners ("Cold season: stock up on medicine 🤒").
• Symptom checklists.

Delivery services:

• Delivery of groceries, prepared meals, and household goods.
• Use: in the "First Aid Kit" section or in the "Stay Home - We'll Bring You Everything You Need 🤒" promotions.

Entertainment and humorous resources:

• Publics and websites with memes.
• Usage: in comics about reluctance to go to work/school, about hangovers (“weekend syndrome”), about emotional burnout.

Calendar and diary applications:

• To mark days when the user was sick and did not fulfill plans.