Face with open eyes and hand over mouth Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face featuring wide, startled eyes and a hand covering its mouth. The fingers are slightly spread, capturing the specific moment someone gasps or tries to stifle a sudden reaction.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to for reacting to shocking news, accidental spills, or 'oops' moments. It fits perfectly when you want to signal that you’ve just let a secret slip or are genuinely stunned by a turn of events. It is more reactive and frantic than the 🤫 emoji, which implies a deliberate attempt to keep things quiet.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2021, this design filled a gap for users needing to express genuine, unfiltered surprise. Before its arrival, people often cobbled together combinations like 😮 and ✋ to mimic the gesture, but this dedicated character made the expression much faster to send during heated text conversations.
Details
Glyph
🫢
Unicode
U+1FAE2
Shortcode
:emoji_u1fae2:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-hand
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji Attribution
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.
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