👀 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.
Funny looking cartoon eyes looking left. :)
| 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 | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Facial Parts Symbols |
| Unicode Category | Human/living Things |
| Unicode Subcategory | Facial Parts Symbols |
| Names & Annotations | EYES |
| Symbol Information | U+1F440 proposed |
| Proposal Identifier | e-190 |
| 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 Code Version | iOS 4 Code |
|---|---|
| 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) | e419 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+E419 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 58393 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0x90 0x99 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE 90 99 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 220 231 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE419 |
| UTF-16 Hex | e419 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 58393 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000E419 |
| UTF-32 Hex | E419 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 58393 |
| Python Src | u"\uE419" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\x90\x99" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uE419" |
| 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 Encoding | DoCoMo | KDDI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | | | |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |||
| Decimal HTML Entity |  |  | 󾆐 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity |  |  | 󾆐 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | e691 | e5a4 | fe190 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+E691 | U+E5A4 | U+FE190 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 59025 | 58788 | 1040784 |
| UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0x9A 0x91 | 0xEE 0x96 0xA4 | 0xF3 0xBE 0x86 0x90 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE 9A 91 | EE 96 A4 | F3 BE 86 90 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 232 221 | 356 226 244 | 363 276 206 220 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE691 | 0xE5A4 | 0xDBB8 0xDD90 |
| UTF-16 Hex | e691 | e5a4 | dbb8dd90 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 59025 | 58788 | 56248 56720 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000E691 | 0x0000E5A4 | 0x000FE190 |
| UTF-32 Hex | E691 | E5A4 | 0FE190 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 59025 | 58788 | 1040784 |
| Python Src | u"\uE691" | u"\uE5A4" | u"\U000FE190" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\x9a\x91" | "\xee\x96\xa4" | "\xf3\xbe\x86\x90" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uE691" | "\uE5A4" | "\uDBB8\uDD90" |
