๐ Hear-No-Evil Monkey
Emoji Meaning
The hear no evil monkey, called Kikazaru (Japanese for “hear not”), one of the Three Wise Monkeys. Depicted as the brown ๐ต Monkey Face with tan or pinkish hands covering its ears.
The Three Wise Monkeys represent the proverb see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, frequently interpreted as a call to discretion or figure for willful ignorance.
Often used as a playful way to convey I can’t believe what I’m hearing! or, more generally, express astonishment or disbelief.
Google’s design features scrunched, X-shaped eyes.
See also ๐ See-No-Evil Monkey and ๐ Speak-No-Evil Monkey.
Hear-No-Evil Monkey was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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Also Known As
- ๐ Kikazaru
- ๐ Monkey Covering Ears
Apple Name
๐ Hear-No-Evil Monkey
Codepoints
Shortcodes
- :hear_no_evil: (Github, Slack)
- :hear_no_evil_monkey: (Emojipedia)
See also
- ๐ฒ Astonished Face
- ๐ Banana
- ๐ Ear
- ๐ฑ Face Screaming in Fear
- ๐ฆ Gorilla
- ๐ Monkey
- ๐ต Monkey Face
- ๐ฆง Orangutan
- ๐ See-No-Evil Monkey
- ๐คญ Face with Hand Over Mouth
- ๐ Speak-No-Evil Monkey
Browse
- ๐ on Instagram
- ๐ on Twitter
- ๐ on Wikipedia
- ๐ on Yelp
- ๐ on YouTube
- ๐ on Google Trends
- ๐ on Nomad List