📖 Emojipedix

Disguised Face 🥸

Added in Emoji 13 · Smileys & Emotion With Hats

Codepoint U+1F978
Shortcode :disguised:
Version Emoji 13

Meaning

This cheeky character wears the ultimate spy disguise: a pair of dark glasses paired with a fake nose-and-mustache combo that screams "I'm definitely not suspicious." The oversized nose is usually bulbous and prominent, while the mustache curls dramatically upward, completing the cartoonish undercover look. The raised eyebrow adds an extra wink of mischief to the whole getup.

People use this to joke about getting away with something, playing dumb, or feigning innocence in a lighthearted way. It's perfect for when you've done something slightly naughty and are pretending nobody noticed—or when you're about to try something you probably shouldn't. The inherent goofiness makes it ideal for playful teasing rather than actual deception.

You'll spot it in captions like "me pretending I didn't see your message" or "incognito mode activated." It works equally well for poking fun at yourself or calling out a friend's obvious lie. The mask-and-mustache aesthetic taps into classic silent comedy vibes, making it instantly recognizable as theatrical pretense rather than anything genuinely sneaky.

Design-wise, Apple and Google both lean into the exaggerated, cartoonish vibe, though the nose size and mustache curl vary slightly between platforms. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode 13.0 in 2020 and added to Emoji 13.0 that same year, making it one of the newer face additions to the standard.

Common Uses

  • Jokingly admitting you're avoiding someone
  • Pretending you didn't do something obvious
  • Playing along with a silly cover-up
  • Making fun of someone's unconvincing lie

Popular Combos

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Did You Know?

The disguised face emoji draws inspiration from the classic Groucho Marx novelty disguise—the exact same fake nose-and-mustache combo that's been a comedy staple since the early 20th century.

Keywords

disguise eyebrow face glasses incognito moustache mustache nose person spy tache tash

Related Emoji

Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :disguised_face:
Slack :disguised_face:
Discord :disguised_face:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
🥸
HTML (hex)
🥸
CSS
\1F978
JavaScript
\uD83E\uDD78
Python
\U0001F978
Java
\uD83E\uDD78
Perl
\x{1F978}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F978}
Punycode
xn--2rug
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%A5%B8
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0xA5 0xB8

🥸 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali ছদ্মবেশী
Chinese (Simplified) 伪装的脸
Chinese (Traditional) 假扮的臉
Danish maske
Dutch vermomd gezicht
English disguised face
English (UK) disguised face
Estonian maskeeritud nägu
Finnish naamioitunut
French visage déguisé
German verkleidet
Hindi छिपाया हुआ चेहरा
Hungarian álcázott arc
Italian faccina travestita
Japanese 変装した顔
Korean 변장한 얼굴
Lithuanian paslėptas veidas
Malay muka samaran
Norwegian fjes med forkledning
Polish buźka w przebraniu
Portuguese rosto disfarçado
Russian маскировка
Spanish cara disfrazada
Spanish (Mexico) cara disfrazada
Swedish maskerat ansikte
Thai ปลอมตัว
Ukrainian замасковане обличчя
Vietnamese mặt trá hình