Disguised face Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face wearing a plastic disguise kit consisting of thick black-rimmed glasses, a large bushy mustache, and a prominent, bulbous nose.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to signal that someone is acting silly, hiding their identity for comedic effect, or poking fun at a situation where someone is being fake or trying too hard to blend in. It pairs well with 🕵️ when suggesting detective work or clandestine activity.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0, this character draws from the classic novelty gag store item—the Groucho Marx glasses—which became a staple of slapstick comedy, cartoons, and mid-century pop culture pranks.

Details

Glyph

🥸

Unicode

U+1F978

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f978:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD78;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-hat

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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