Meaning
Wide, shocked eyes combine with a hand pressed over the mouth in absolute surprise or disbelief. This character looks genuinely taken aback, mouth covered in a gesture that screams "Did that just happen?" or "I can't believe what I just saw." The open eyes convey genuine astonishment rather than suppressed giggles.
Use this when something truly surprising, shocking, or unexpected unfolds. It's perfect for reacting to wild news, surprising plot twists, embarrassing moments, or when someone reveals something you didn't see coming. The covered mouth adds a layer of shock—like you literally can't process what you just heard or saw.
Unlike its cousin 🤭, which suggests playful complicity, this emoji signals genuine surprise with an edge of concern or disbelief. It works for moments that are shocking in a maybe-negative way, or when you're witnessing something genuinely surprising unfold. It's equally useful for embarrassing moments—your own or someone else's.
Released as part of Unicode 14.0 in 2021 and added to Emoji 14.0, this is one of the newer expressiveness characters, designed to fill a specific emotional gap. The distinction between this and other hand-over-mouth gestures makes it valuable for expressing the particular shock of unexpected revelations or jaw-dropping moments.
Common Uses
- • Reacting to surprising news or plot twists
- • Expressing shock or disbelief
- • Responding to embarrassing moments
- • Commenting on jaw-dropping revelations
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Did You Know?
This emoji was specifically designed to differentiate genuine shock from playful suppressed laughter, filling a gap in expressing the particular flavor of 'I genuinely cannot believe what just happened' in modern digital communication.
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Platform Shortcodes
:face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth: :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth: :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🫢 |
| HTML (hex) | 🫢 |
| CSS | \1FAE2 |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDEE2 |
| Python | \U0001FAE2 |
| Java | \uD83E\uDEE2 |
| Perl | \x{1FAE2} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1FAE2} |
| Punycode | xn--2s4i |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%AB%A2 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xAB 0xA2 |
🫢 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | খোলা চোখ এবং মুখের উপর হাত চাপা দেওয়া |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 睁眼捂嘴 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 張眼摀嘴的臉 |
| Danish | ansigt med åbne øjne og hånden over munden |
| Dutch | gezicht met open ogen en hand voor mond |
| English | face with open eyes and hand over mouth |
| English (UK) | face with open eyes and hand over mouth |
| Estonian | kätt suul hoidev pärani silmadega nägu |
| Finnish | silmät pyöreinä käsi suun edessä |
| French | visage avec yeux ouverts et main sur la bouche |
| German | Gesicht mit offenen Augen und Hand über dem Mund |
| Hindi | खुली आँखें और मुँह पर हाथ वाला चेहरा |
| Hungarian | nyitott szemű, száját takaró arc |
| Italian | faccina con occhi aperti e mano sulla bocca |
| Japanese | 目を開けて口に手を当てた顔 |
| Korean | 눈을 뜨고 손으로 입을 가린 얼굴 |
| Lithuanian | veidas atmerktomis akimis ir ranka uždengta burna |
| Malay | muka dengan mata terbuka dan tangan atas mulut |
| Norwegian | fjes med åpne øyne og hånd over munnen |
| Polish | twarz z otwartymi oczami i ręką na ustach |
| Portuguese | rosto com olhos abertos e mão sobre a boca |
| Russian | прикрывает рот рукой с открытыми глазами |
| Spanish | cara con ojos abiertos y boca tapada |
| Spanish (Mexico) | cara con ojos abiertos y boca tapada |
| Swedish | ansikte med öppna ögon och hand för munnen |
| Thai | หน้าเบิกตากว้างและเอามือปิดปาก |
| Ukrainian | обличчя з розплющеними очима і рукою на роті |
| Vietnamese | mặt với cặp mắt mở to và tay che miệng |