The hushed face is the internet’s soft gasp—like you just heard some spicy tea but you’re being respectful about it. It’s the vibe of “oh…” when you’re low‑key shook, politely stunned, or pretending to be innocent after getting caught lurking. People drop it under plot-twist TikToks, in group chats when the receipts hit, or when a friend says “don’t freak out” and you are, in fact, freaking out—quietly. It can be flirty or teasing too, the textual equivalent of an intrigued eyebrow: a gentle “oh?” that says keep talking.
On Apple devices, this emoji is a round yellow face with a soft lemon-to-gold gradient, straight-on perspective, tiny open “o” mouth, lifted brows, and simple black dot eyes—no hands, no finger, just that held-breath expression. Think of it as “gobsmacked, but with indoor voice,” perfect for spoilers, awkward realizations, or when your bank app loads and you whisper yikes to yourself. It’s often paired with eyes or sparkles for extra drama, and used ironically to act surprised about something everyone saw coming. Pro tip: don’t confuse it with the shushing face (🤫 has a finger to the lips) or the astonished face (😲 goes full capital-O mouth and bigger eyes)—this one is surprise in lowercase.
A face with round open eyes, round open mouth and eyebrows. Shush… this emoji awaits your response in quiet anticipation.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 127 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 | :hushed: |
| Keywords | Quiet, Hush, Whisper, Silent |
| Unicode Category | Emoticons |
| Unicode Range | 1F600–1F64F |
| Unicode Subcategory | Faces |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 6 - 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) | 1f62f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F62F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128559 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x98 0xAF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 98 AF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 230 257 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDE2F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dde2f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56879 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F62F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F62F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128559 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F62F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x98\xaf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDE2F" |
