The speak-no-evil monkey is the cheeky member of the Three Wise Monkeys trio, the one that literally keeps its mouth shut. It’s the go-to for “I shouldn’t say this,” “my lips are sealed,” or “oops, I said the quiet part out loud.” People drop it after spicy takes, secret confessions, or when they’re watching drama unfold and choosing silence… allegedly. It can be flirty (“I could tell you… but 😶🙊”), guilt-ridden (“I did it, don’t @ me”), or ironic when you’re clearly about to spill every ounce of tea anyway. In group chats, it signals self-censoring, playful shame, and that adorable mix of “oopsie” and “don’t quote me on this.”
A monkey covering his mouth. One of the three wise monkeys, named Iwazaru. Part of the proverbial principle "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 205 of 2393 |
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| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :speak_no_evil: |
| Keywords | Monkey, Mouth, Talk, Say, Words, Verbal, Verbalize, Oral, Iwazaru |
| Unicode Category | Emoticons |
| Unicode Range | 1F600–1F64F |
| Unicode Subcategory | Gesture Symbols |
| Unicode Category | Faces and Smiley's |
| Unicode Subcategory | Gesture Symbols |
| Names & Annotations | SPEAK-NO-EVIL MONKEY Old name: SPEAK NO EVIL MONKEY |
| Symbol Information | U+1F64A proposed |
| Proposal Identifier | e-355 |
| DoCoMo | (・×・) |
| KDDI | #767 言わざる 「言wazaru」 U+EB51 SJIS-F455 JIS-7B36 |
| Softbank | (・×・) |
| 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) | 1f64a |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F64A |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128586 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x99 0x8A |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 99 8A |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 231 212 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDE4A |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dde4a |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56906 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F64A |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F64A |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128586 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F64A" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x99\x8a" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDE4A" |
| Emoji Encoding | KDDI | |
|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | | |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | ||
| Decimal HTML Entity |  | 󾍕 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity |  | 󾍕 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | eb51 | fe355 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+EB51 | U+FE355 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 60241 | 1041237 |
| UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0xAD 0x91 | 0xF3 0xBE 0x8D 0x95 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE AD 91 | F3 BE 8D 95 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 255 221 | 363 276 215 225 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEB51 | 0xDBB8 0xDF55 |
| UTF-16 Hex | eb51 | dbb8df55 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 60241 | 56248 57173 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000EB51 | 0x000FE355 |
| UTF-32 Hex | EB51 | 0FE355 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 60241 | 1041237 |
| Python Src | u"\uEB51" | u"\U000FE355" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\xad\x91" | "\xf3\xbe\x8d\x95" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uEB51" | "\uDBB8\uDF55" |