The monkey face is the internet’s cheeky troublemaker—pure mischief in a round, fuzzy package. It screams “I did a silly thing and I’m kind of proud of it,” perfect for softening confessions, playful roasting, or acknowledging your inner chaos gremlin. People drop it after goofy typos, clumsy moments, or when they’re being adorably unserious—think: flirting, teasing, or announcing you’ve eaten the last slice of pizza. It also vibes with meme culture: the wholesome “return to monke” reset, playful “monke brain” impulses, and general banana-fueled antics.
On Apple/iOS, the design is a front-facing brown monkey head with a light tan muzzle, big round eyes, and a small friendly smile—no hands, no drama, just maximum cute. The ears are rounded with pinkish inner shading, the fur is softly airbrushed, and the expression reads curious, harmless, and a little derpy in the best way. It’s instantly recognizable next to its louder cousins—the see/hear/speak-no-evil trio—because this one’s just the face, like a mascot for “monkey business.” Pair it with bananas, facepalm, or the laughing emoji when your brain switches to cartoon mode, or use it ironically to downplay chaos (“oops, I pressed send to all”).
Culturally, it ping-pongs between Curious George nostalgia, “going bananas” dad jokes, and internet-era gremlin energy—wholesome but unhinged. In group chats it translates to: I’m being silly on purpose; on social posts, it’s a wink that says don’t take this too seriously.
Definition
A brown monkey with his mouth open.
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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)
147 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
:monkey_face:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Funny Monkey Face
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Faces
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Faces
Names & Annotations
MONKEY FACE
Symbol Information
U+1F435 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1C4
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[サル]
KDDI
#249 さる 「saru」 U+E4D9 SJIS-F6B2 JIS-7634
Softbank
#109 #old99 さる 「saru」 U+E109 SJIS-F749
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
e109
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E109
Decimal Code Point(s)
57609
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x84 0x89
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 84 89
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 204 211
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE109
UTF-16 Hex
e109
UTF-16 Dec
57609
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E109
UTF-32 Hex
E109
UTF-32 Dec
57609
Python Src
u"\uE109"
PHP Src
"\xee\x84\x89"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE109"
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)
1f435
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F435
Decimal Code Point(s)
128053
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0xB5
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 90 B5
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 220 265
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC35
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc35
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56373
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F435
UTF-32 Hex
01F435
UTF-32 Dec
128053
Python Src
u"\U0001F435"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x90\xb5"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC35"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
