See-no-evil monkey Emoji

Smileys

A brown cartoon monkey covering its eyes with both hands. It is one of the three Wise Monkeys, specifically the one representing the 'see no evil' proverb.

Usage Context

Used to express embarrassment, shyness, or the desire to 'look away' from something awkward or shocking. It is frequently sent after a playful joke, a confession, or when someone is trying to ignore a cringeworthy situation. It is almost always paired with its counterparts 🙉 and 🙊.

History

The Three Wise Monkeys originated from a 17th-century Japanese proverb and carving at the Toshogu Shrine. The emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010, based on early Japanese mobile phone designs that popularized the monkeys as a playful way to convey non-verbal reactions in text messages.

Details

Glyph

🙈

Unicode

U+1F648

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f648:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE48;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Smileys

Subcategory monkey-face

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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