🙊 "speak-no-evil monkey" emoji (copy and paste)

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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.

Meaning of the speak-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 just said!”, express a mischievous “Oops!”, or communicate a secret-keeping “I won’t say a word”. May be used to similar effect as 🤭 Face With Hand Over Mouth or 🤐 Zipper Mouth Face.

Usage Examples

  • I won't say a word 🙊
  • Oops, I said too much 🙊
  • Speak no evil 🙊
  • Keeping the secret 🙊
  • Covering my mouth 🙊

Alternative Names

speak-no-evil monkey, iwazaru, monkey covering mouth

Related Word Associations

monkey, speak, evil, proverb, iwazaru, forbidden, gesture

Appearance in OpenMoji

The speak no evil monkey, called Iwazaru (Japan...

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Unicode Data

Code Point(s):
U+1F64A
Version:
Emoji E0.6

Developer Codes

Shortcode (Discord) :speak_no_evil:
Shortcode (GitHub) :speak_no_evil:
Shortcode (Slack) :speak_no_evil:
HTML Dec 🙊
HTML Hex 🙊
CSS \01F64A
C, C++ & Python \U0001f64a
Java, JavaScript & JSON \uD83D\uDE4A
Perl \x{1F64A}
PHP & Ruby \u{1F64A}
Punycode xn--i48h
URL Escape Code %F0%9F%99%8A

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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hear-no-evil monkey

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