Face with monocle is your go-to vibe for “hmm, interesting…” with a dash of posh drama. On Apple/iOS it’s a bright yellow face with one eye peering through a rimmed monocle (complete with a tiny chain), the other eye narrowed, a single eyebrow cocked high, and a small, skeptical pursed mouth—like it just spotted a typo in a museum label. The lens has that crisp, glassy shine, making the whole expression feel mid-inspection, half judgey, half curious. It practically whispers, “Let’s examine the evidence,” in a fancy accent.
Online, this emoji nails sarcastic scrutiny, playful gatekeeping, and mock-elite energy: a perfect reply to “trust me bro” sources, suspicious prices, or chaotic hot takes. People use it ironically to cosplay as a 19th‑century detective, to deliver a gentle “well, actually,” or to roast something that seems a little sus. It pairs beautifully with tea-spilling, academic nitpicks, and those moments when you’re zooming in on drama like a CSI of memes. Cultural bonus: it evokes Mr. Peanut and the Monopoly Man—even though, plot twist, the Monopoly Man doesn’t wear a monocle (hello, Mandela effect). Flirtatiously, it can read as “I’m studying you, intriguing human,” and in group chats it’s the classy cousin of the side-eye, perfect for highbrow shade without saying a word.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 53 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) | 1f9d0 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9D0 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129488 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x90 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A7 90 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 247 220 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDD0 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddd0 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56784 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9D0 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9D0 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129488 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9D0" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa7\x90" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDD0" |