Unicode has thousands of emoji, symbols and characters. However, there are only few emoji people like the most and use them frequently. ROFL, face with tears of joy, cowboy and thinking face are some of the popular emoji symbols that all age groups use in chat conversation and other documents. Thinking face has a codepoint U+1F914 and is grouped under “Smileys & Emotion > Face Hand” in Unicode. If you are looking for how to type thinking face emoji symbol, here is the keyboard shortcuts and other options for you.
Thinking Face Emoji Shortcuts Summary
Here is the summary of keyboard shortcuts and other codes for thinking face emoji symbol.
| Symbol Name | Thinking Face Emoji (🤔) |
| Alt Code Shortcut | Alt + 129300 |
| Alt + X (Word Document) | 1F914 Alt + X |
| HTML Entity Decimal | 🤔 |
| HTML Entity Hexadecimal | 🤔 |
| CSS Value | \1F914; |
| Unicode | U+1F914 |
Type Thinking Face Emoji in Windows
In Windows, you have multiple options to type thinking face emoji symbol.
Alt Code Shortcuts for Thinking Face Emoji
The first option is to use alt code keyboard shortcuts when you have larger keyboard with separate number pad. Hold the alt key and type the numbers 129300 using number pad on your keyboard to make thinking face emoji 🤔.
Alt + 129300 = 🤔
Alt + X Method of Word Documents
On Microsoft Word documents, you can use the hexadecimal code with alt key. First type the hexadecimal code 1F914 and then press alt + x keys together to make thinking face emoji 🤔.
1F914 Alt + X = 🤔
Using Emoji Panel in Windows
Windows 10 computers by default come with an emoji panel that you can use to type thinking face.
- Press “Win Logo + Dot” keys to open emoji panel.
- Type “think” to filter the relevant emoji.
- Double click on the thinking face emoji to insert in your document.
Typing Thinking Face Emoji in Mac
On Mac, you can use Character Viewer app to insert thinking face emoji symbol.
- Press “Command + Control + Space” to open Character Viewer app. This will work when you are on any other apps like Pages or Word for Mac.
- Search for “think” and filter the emoji.
- Double click on the symbol to insert it in your document.
Type Thinking Face in HTML and CSS
If you want to insert thinking face emoji in HTML, you can either use the decimal code or use hexadecimal code in the following format.
<p>🤔</p>
<p>🤔</p>Similarly on CSS, you can use the following hexadecimal format to insert the emoji.
li:before {
content:\1F914;
}Thinking Face Emoji Display
The emoji symbol will look like below on different applications:
| Browser | 🤔 |
| Apple |  |
| Microsoft |  |
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Customizing Thinking Face Emoji
After inserting the emoji symbol in your document like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook email, you can apply text effects. However, custom text effects will work only on Windows Office documents where the emoji will be displayed in greyscale. All applications on Mac like Pages, Numbers and Keynote including Microsoft Office applications will display the emoji symbol in a solid colors. Hence, text effects will not work except you can increase or decrease the size.
