The see-no-evil monkey (🙈) is the internet’s universal signal for “I can’t watch this… but I totally am.” Borrowed from the Three Wise Monkeys—specifically Mizaru, the one who covers his eyes—it flips between bashful, flirty, and peak-cringe energy. You’ll see it when someone’s dodging spoilers, reacting to a chaotic group chat, or pretending innocence after liking a questionable thirst trap. It’s also a go-to for playful embarrassment: “I just texted my ex 🙈” or “Can’t believe I said that on Zoom 🙈.” Used ironically, it means the exact opposite—“I saw everything and I’m living for the drama.”
A monkey covering his eyes. One of the three wise monkeys, named Mizaru. Part of the proverbial principle "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 93 of 2393 |
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| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :see_no_evil: |
| Keywords | Monkey, See, Eyes, Vision, Sight, Mizaru |
| Unicode Category | Emoticons |
| Unicode Range | 1F600–1F64F |
| Unicode Subcategory | Gesture Symbols |
| Unicode Category | Faces and Smiley's |
| Unicode Subcategory | Gesture Symbols |
| Names & Annotations | SEE-NO-EVIL MONKEY Old name: SEE NO EVIL MONKEY |
| Symbol Information | U+1F648 proposed |
| Proposal Identifier | e-354 |
| DoCoMo | (/_\) |
| KDDI | #766 見ざる 「見zaru」 U+EB50 SJIS-F454 JIS-7B35 |
| Softbank | (/_\) |
| 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) | 1f648 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F648 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128584 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x99 0x88 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 99 88 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 231 210 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDE48 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dde48 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56904 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F648 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F648 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128584 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F648" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x99\x88" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDE48" |
| Emoji Encoding | KDDI | |
|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | | |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | ||
| Decimal HTML Entity |  | 󾍔 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity |  | 󾍔 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | eb50 | fe354 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+EB50 | U+FE354 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 60240 | 1041236 |
| UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0xAD 0x90 | 0xF3 0xBE 0x8D 0x94 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE AD 90 | F3 BE 8D 94 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 255 220 | 363 276 215 224 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEB50 | 0xDBB8 0xDF54 |
| UTF-16 Hex | eb50 | dbb8df54 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 60240 | 56248 57172 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000EB50 | 0x000FE354 |
| UTF-32 Hex | EB50 | 0FE354 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 60240 | 1041236 |
| Python Src | u"\uEB50" | u"\U000FE354" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\xad\x90" | "\xf3\xbe\x8d\x94" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uEB50" | "\uDBB8\uDF54" |