Face with Hand over Mouth Emoji

Description

This visually expressive yellow emoji depicts a human face with a hand covering the mouth, often accompanied by smiling eyes and/or blushing cheeks. It conveys a sense of coy laughter, playful embarrassment, or a subtle "oops!" reaction. Prior to the iOS 15.4 update in March 2022, Apple's version of this emoji featured open, surprised-looking eyes, suggesting a more serious expression of shock, concern, or apology. With the latest update, Apple's design now aligns with the Unicode Consortium's original "Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes and Hand Covering Mouth" specification, as introduced in Emoji 5.0 in 2017. This hand-over-mouth emoji can be used in a similar way to the "Speak-No-Evil Monkey" (🙊) emoji, conveying a sense of discretion or playful secrecy. It is also related to the "Zipper-Mouth Face" (🤐) emoji, which expresses the notion of keeping quiet. The Face with Hand Over Mouth joins other expressive hand-based emojis, such as the "Hugging Face" (🤗), "Thinking Face" (🤔), and "Shushing Face" (🤫), in providing users with a rich repertoire of nuanced, gestural communication. It's worth noting that prior to the latest update, Facebook's version of this emoji also featured open, surprised-looking eyes, though an earlier iteration had the smiling eyes seen in the current vendor designs. The Face with Hand Over Mouth emoji was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 and has since become a popular and versatile tool for digital expression.

Keywords:

smiling, eyes, and, covering, whoops, shock, surprise

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