The hear-no-evil monkey is your digital way of putting fingers in your ears and humming “la-la-la.” Borrowed from the Three Wise Monkeys proverb, it signals “I didn’t hear that”—whether it’s scandalous tea, spoilers, or a friend’s chaotic life update. People drop it when they’re dodging drama, pretending innocence, or playfully refusing to acknowledge a spicy comment. In meme land, it doubles as a comedic mute button after a hot take or a cursed opinion you refuse to let into your brain.
On Apple/iOS, this little primate has tan-brown fur, a light beige face, big round eyes, and both hands pressed snugly over its ears. It faces forward in a clean, glossy cartoon style, with soft shading and a gentle, slightly nervous smile that screams “nope.”
It shows up in texts as a flirty “stoppp I can’t listen to you” after a compliment, or as sarcastic cover when you absolutely heard everything. You’ll see it paired with its siblings 🙈 and 🙊, or captioning posts about noise-canceling headphones, loud concerts, and muting the group chat. It’s perfect for awkward confessions, guilty-pleasure songs, and that selective-hearing energy when someone mentions “meeting at 7 a.m.” Translation: if the vibes are too loud, this monkey is your tiny, fuzzy boundary.
Definition
A monkey covering his ears. One of the three wise monkeys, named Kikazaru. 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)
234 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
:hear_no_evil:
Keywords
Monkey, Ears, Hear, Sound, Kikazaru
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
HEAR-NO-EVIL MONKEY Old name: HEAR NO EVIL MONKEY
Symbol Information
U+1F649 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-356
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
|(・×・)|
KDDI
#768 聞かざる 「聞kazaru」 U+EB52 SJIS-F456 JIS-7B37
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)
1f649
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F649
Decimal Code Point(s)
128585
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x99 0x89
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 99 89
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 231 211
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDE49
UTF-16 Hex
d83dde49
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56905
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F649
UTF-32 Hex
01F649
UTF-32 Dec
128585
Python Src
u"\U0001F649"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x99\x89"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDE49"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
