The face with hand over mouth is the internet’s universal "omg-—did-I-say-that-out-loud?" reaction. It covers everything from a polite gasp to a not-so-polite snicker, the digital equivalent of clutching your pearls while trying not to burst out laughing. People use it for tea-spilling revelations, accidental overshares, spicy takes dropped in the group chat, or to serve mock innocence after a savage reply. It also doubles as a soft censor when you’re about to swear but want to keep things PG, and triples as a flirty little "teehee" when you’re being coy on purpose.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a bright yellow round face with simple, open eyes and a yellow hand pressed over the mouth, fingers together and palm facing forward—very "caught in the act" energy. There’s no dramatic tilt or props, just a clean, front-facing look that screams gasp-meets-giggle. The expression lands somewhere between "I’m shocked" and "I’m trying not to laugh," which is why it works for both scandal and silliness. You’ll recognize it instantly as the face that knows the drama and is absolutely living for it.
Culturally, it thrives under headlines like "she said WHAT," reality-TV plot twists, and "I can’t even" meme captions. Sarcastically, it’s perfect after you drop a roast and pretend to be surprised at yourself; dramatically, it’s your go-to for gasp-worthy spoilers. It shows up in awkward moments (sent to the wrong chat), playful flirting (cute oops), and any time you need that half-shocked, half-giggly vibe that says: I saw everything, but I’m going to act innocent about it.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 90 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 11 - 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) | 1f92d |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F92D |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129325 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0xAD |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A4 AD |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 244 255 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD2D |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd2d |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56621 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F92D |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F92D |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129325 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F92D" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa4\xad" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD2D" |
