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See-no-evil Monkey Emoji 🙈

Hands clapped over its eyes, the see-no-evil monkey is mizaru, one of Japan's Three Wise Monkeys, who 'sees no evil.' Online it's shed most of that moral-restraint meaning and become the go-to for cute embarrassment, playful shyness, or 'I can't even look' reactions to something cringe or scandalous.

What 🙈 means

A brown shaded monkey face with cute little ears, a tiny nose, a slightly opened mouth, and its two hands covering the eyes. The character that inspired this emoji is part of the 'Three Wise Monkeys' philosophy of Japanese folklore.

As the name suggests, the 🙈 See No Evil Monkey signifies refraining from seeing bad or evil things, situations, and even sometimes, people. This emoji is also used in a funny, cute 'eye-palming' and sexual contexts too.

How and when to use it

If someone said something stupid and funny at the same time, send this emoji.
Use this emoji as a reaction to something scandalous or explicit that you witnessed on social media.
You can also use this emoji as a way of 'shying' away from certain things or topics.
Use this emoji if someone told you something explicitly cringe on text.
Send this emoji along with a nice picture of you or anyone else, as a way of being shy and proud at the same time.
You can also use this emoji to respond to cringe and grossness.

Other Names

🙈 Shy
🙈 OMG
🙈 Cringe
🙈 Gross
🙈 Monkey Covering Eyes
🙈 Mizaru
🙈 Unbearable Sight
🙈 Cute
🙈 Ew
🙈 Blind to Evil
🙈 Awkward
🙈 Innocent
🙈 Face Palm

🙈 in real conversations

What does 🙈 mean from a girl?

Embarrassed, shy, or "I can't believe I just admitted that" — covering the eyes at something a little too honest or a little too cute. It softens an overshare with a laugh.

What does 🙈 mean in texting?

Playful embarrassment or secondhand cringe — reacting to a confession, an awkward moment, or a compliment that hit a little too well. "You saw that? 🙈" is the classic use.

Is 🙈 flirty?

Sometimes, in a bashful way — used after admitting a crush or reacting to a compliment, it reads as shy delight rather than pure embarrassment. Context, meaning whatever it's replying to, tells the difference.

The lowdown

Category: Smileys & Emotion › monkey-face
Codepoints: U+1F648
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :see_no_evil:
Keywords: embarrassed, evil, face, forbidden, forgot, gesture, hide, monkey, no, omg, prohibited, scared, secret, smh, watch

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.