Face without mouth Emoji

Smileys

A yellow, circular face featuring wide, open eyes but entirely lacking a nose or mouth. It looks like a blank slate, devoid of any visible expression or reaction.

Usage Context

Used to signal speechlessness, shock, or the feeling of being caught off guard. It often conveys a sense of awkwardness or the decision to stay quiet in a conversation, similar to the vibe of 🤐 or 😐.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0. Its design draws inspiration from classic Japanese emoticons, specifically those used on early bulletin board systems to represent someone being stunned into silence by a bizarre or confusing comment.

Details

Glyph

😶

Unicode

U+1F636

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f636:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE36;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-neutral-skeptical

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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