Wind face
Also called WIND FACE, U+1F32C, weather emoji
Unicode character. A code point, not a station model or a forecast icon.
Weather charactersWind face meaning
U+1F32C WIND FACE is a Unicode character, usually drawn as a face blowing air. It is not a wind barb and not a measured speed.
At a glance
- System
- Unicode character
- Code point
- U+1F32C
- Official name
- WIND FACE
- Not the same as
- A forecast icon or a station-model sign
U+1F32C WIND FACE. A face blowing wind. Not a wind barb and not a windy forecast icon.
The name. Unicode name WIND FACE, U+1F32C. The picture on a phone is the vendor’s. The character is the code point.
Where it comes from
The official name is WIND FACE. The face is why it cannot be a barb: a barb is a staff and feathers, pointed to where the wind comes from, counting knots. A forecast “windy” icon is a third mark, a summary that wind is expected, without a compass point. Vendors draw the face differently. The code point stays.
The line drawing is original to this cabinet. It is not an agency logo, a vendor icon, or the emoji for the same idea.
Weather
What it means
It is a picture of wind as a personified blow. Useful in a message. Useless on a station plot. If you need 15 knots from the northeast, you need the barb page, and you will not find it in this character.
Variants
Vendor art
Apple, Google, and other vendors draw one code point in different colors and shapes. None of those drawings is a WMO icon, and none of them is the line art on this page.
Worth knowing
- U+1F32C is the Unicode name WIND FACE. Vendors may draw it as a color emoji. The character is still the code point. Source
Questions
Is the wind-face emoji a wind barb?
No. A barb encodes direction and speed in knots. U+1F32C is WIND FACE, a character.
What does the wind emoji mean on a forecast?
If a forecast means wind, it uses its own windy icon. The emoji is not that icon, even when a keyboard files it under weather.
Near this
- WindA forecast icon for expected wind. Not a wind barb, and not the wind-face character.
- Wind barbStaff, barbs, and pennants: where the wind came from, and how fast. Not a forecast wind icon.
- Calm windA circle and no staff. The wind at the station was calm. Not a clear-sky icon.
- Station modelThe whole observation plot. Sky in the circle, wind on the barb, weather only if something is falling or the air is thick.
Sources
Named when the entry depends on a text, a date, or a standard. Catalog numbers are not invented.
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symbol.wiki, edited as Sigilla. Last reviewed 18 October 2026. A reading of public tradition, not a ruling.