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.”
Definition
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."
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
93 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:see_no_evil:
Keywords
Monkey, See, Eyes, Vision, Sight, Mizaru
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Emoticons
Unicode Range
1F600–1F64F
Unicode Subcategory
Gesture Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
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
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
(/_＼)
KDDI
#766 見ざる 「見zaru」 U+EB50 SJIS-F454 JIS-7B35
Softbank
(/_＼)
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)
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 Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
