๐ Speak-No-Evil Monkey
Emoji Meaning
The speak no evil monkey, called Iwazaru (Japanese for “say not”), one of the Three Wise Monkeys. Depicted as the brown ๐ต Monkey Face with its tan or pinkish hands covering its mouth.
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 just said!, express a mischievous Oops!, or communicate a secret-keeping I won’t say a word. May be used to similar effect as ๐คญ Face With Hand Over Mouth or ๐ค Zipper Mouth.
See also ๐ See-No-Evil Monkey and ๐ Hear-No-Evil Monkey.
Speak-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 Iwazaru
- ๐ Monkey Covering Mouth
- ๐ Noย Speaking
Apple Name
๐ Speak-No-Evil Monkey
Codepoints
Shortcodes
- :speak_no_evil: (Github, Slack)
- :speak_no_evil_monkey: (Emojipedia)
See also
- ๐ฒ Astonished Face
- ๐ Banana
- ๐ฃ Megaphone
- ๐ฑ Face Screaming in Fear
- ๐ถ Face Without Mouth
- ๐คซ Shushing Face
- ๐ฆ Gorilla
- ๐ Hear-No-Evil Monkey
- ๐ Monkey
- ๐ต Monkey Face
- ๐ Mouth
- ๐ฆง Orangutan
- ๐ See-No-Evil Monkey
- ๐คญ Face with Hand Over Mouth
- ๐ Speaker High Volume
- ๐ฃ๏ธ Speaking Head
- โ๏ธ Index Pointing Up
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- ๐ on Instagram
- ๐ on Twitter
- ๐ on Wikipedia
- ๐ on Yelp
- ๐ on YouTube
- ๐ on Google Trends
- ๐ on Nomad List