Hear-No-Evil Monkey 🙉

A brown monkey with both hands pressed firmly over its ears, blocking out the world's noise. Its expression is serene and focused, perfectly embodying the second part of the "three wise monkeys" philosophy.

This emoji gets used when you want to ignore gossip, block out negativity, or claim you didn't hear something (especially as a playful excuse). It's great for reacting to bad news, annoying comments, or when someone's sharing drama you don't want involved in. The vibe is "not listening" in the most lighthearted sense—less malicious and more "I'm choosing peace."

You'll see it in conversations where someone's deliberately tuning out, whether for humor or serious boundary-setting. It also works when you want to express selective hearing—the human tendency to ignore things that don't suit us. The emoji communicates both humor and a kind of protective stance against unwanted input.

This monkey was approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and has become the go-to visual for claiming you "heard nothing" in a cheeky, non-committal way.