Shushing face Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face with wide eyes and a single finger pressed firmly against pursed lips. It displays a clear gesture of asking for quiet or keeping a secret.
Usage Context
Used to signal that it is time to be silent, to tell someone to lower their voice, or to indicate that information being shared is confidential. It acts as a digital version of the classic 'shh' gesture, often serving as a playful way to let someone know they have revealed too much, similar to the 🤐 zipped-mouth face.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0. It emerged during a period when messaging platforms were expanding their repertoire of non-verbal cues to help users mimic face-to-face body language in text-based chats.
Details
Glyph
🤫
Unicode
U+1F92B
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f92b:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-hand
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
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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