What does 🙊 mean?
Speak-no-evil monkey: 'oops, I shouldn't have said that'; keeping a secret.
Its official Unicode name is SPEAK-NO-EVIL MONKEY and its CLDR short name is "speak-no-evil monkey" (in Hungarian: "nem szólok semmit"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- animal
- evil
- face
- forbidden
- gesture
- monkey
- no
- not
- oops
- prohibited
In Hungarian: állat, bocsánat, elnézést, elszóltam magam, hoppá, majom, nem, nem beszél, nem szól semmit, tilos
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🙊 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F64A. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- SPEAK-NO-EVIL MONKEY
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- nem szólok semmit
- English name (CLDR)
- speak-no-evil monkey
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · monkey face
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :speak_no_evil:
Related emojis
- See-no-evil monkey
- Hear-no-evil monkey
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🙊 emoji mean?
Speak-no-evil monkey: 'oops, I shouldn't have said that'; keeping a secret.
How do I type the 🙊 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "animal".
When was the 🙊 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.