🙉 "hear-no-evil monkey" emoji (copy and paste)

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hear-no-evil monkey

The hear no evil monkey, called Kikazaru (Japanese for “hear not”), one of the Three Wise Monkeys.

Meaning of the hear-no-evil monkey Emoji

Represents the proverb see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, frequently interpreted as a call for discretion or willful ignorance. Considered racist in some contexts, particularly when used to disparage, insult, and abuse people with dark skin, especially Black people. Often used as a playful way to convey “I can’t believe what I’m hearing!” or, more generally, to express astonishment or disbelief.

Usage Examples

  • I can't believe what I just heard 🙉
  • Pretending not to hear that 🙉
  • Hear no evil 🙉
  • That's shocking 🙉
  • Covering my ears 🙉

Alternative Names

hear-no-evil monkey, kikazaru, monkey covering ears

Related Word Associations

monkey, hear, evil, proverb, kikazaru, forbidden, gesture

Appearance in OpenMoji

The hear no evil monkey, called Kikazaru (Japan...

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Unicode Data

Code Point(s):
U+1F649
Version:
Emoji E0.6

Developer Codes

Shortcode (Discord) :hear_no_evil:
Shortcode (GitHub) :hear_no_evil:
Shortcode (Slack) :hear_no_evil:
HTML Dec 🙉
HTML Hex 🙉
CSS \01F649
C, C++ & Python \U0001f649
Java, JavaScript & JSON \uD83D\uDE49
Perl \x{1F649}
PHP & Ruby \u{1F649}
Punycode xn--h48h
URL Escape Code %F0%9F%99%89

Related Emojis

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see-no-evil monkey

The see no evil monkey, called Mizaru (Japanese for “see not”), one of the Three Wise Monkeys, depicted as the brown Monkey Face with hands covering its eyes.

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speak-no-evil monkey

The speak no evil monkey, called Iwazaru (Japanese for “say not”), one of the Three Wise Monkeys.