👀 The Eyes emoji is the universal side-glance of the internet: two big white ovals with jet‑black pupils sneaking off to the left. On Apple/iOS, they look glossy and cartoony, no eyebrows, no face—just a clean, high-contrast pair of peepers that scream “I’m watching.” It’s the visual equivalent of peeking from behind the group chat curtain.
Use it to signal interest, curiosity, or juicy anticipation—aka “spill the tea.” It doubles as a suspicious side-eye for something that feels sus, and it’s perfect for low-key lurking on Discord or replying to a tweet/thread you’re monitoring. It also flips flirtatious fast: drop a selfie and someone sends 👀 and you know they clocked it; it’s the unofficial “I see you” to thirst traps, surprise drops, and sneaky links. Post it alone for maximum drama, like a digital gasp when there’s a plot twist, a leak, or a subtweet brewing.
Culturally, it riffs on classic cartoon eyes glowing in the dark and the old-school O_O vibe from early forums. On TikTok and X, a flood of 👀 in the comments means “watching closely; updates, please.” Whether you’re raising an eyebrow without a face or silently judging with style, these eyes do the talking—no words, just vibes.
Definition
Funny looking cartoon eyes looking left. :)
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
18 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:eyes:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Googily Eyes
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Facial Parts Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Facial Parts Symbols
Names & Annotations
EYES
Symbol Information
U+1F440 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-190
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#84 'Eyes' 目 U+E691 SJIS-F8F2 JIS-7843
KDDI
#317 目 U+E5A4 SJIS-F7C1 JIS-7843
Softbank
#65 #old372 目 U+E419 SJIS-FB59
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
👀
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
👀
Decimal HTML Entity
👀
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
👀
Hex Code Point(s)
1f440
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F440
Decimal Code Point(s)
128064
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x80
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 80
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 200
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC40
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc40
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56384
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F440
UTF-32 Hex
01F440
UTF-32 Dec
128064
Python Src
u"\U0001F440"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\x80"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC40"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
