What does 🫢 Face with Open Eyes and Hand over Mouth mean?
Wide eyes and a hand pressed over the mouth capture a real gasp. This face reacts to shocking news, juicy gossip, unexpected announcements or something so impressive it leaves you speechless. It can express awe and disbelief as easily as mild horror. Unlike the giggling 🤭, the open eyes make the surprise feel sincere, the textual equivalent of “no way, really?”
🫢 Face with Open Eyes and Hand over Mouth is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category (faces with hands), added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021. People use it in messages about amazement, awe, disbelief, embarrass, gasp and omg.
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🫢 Face with Open Eyes and Hand over Mouth on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Face with Open Eyes and Hand over Mouth looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Face with Open Eyes and Hand over Mouth emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🫢 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:.
When was the Face with Open Eyes and Hand over Mouth emoji added?
🫢 Face with Open Eyes and Hand over Mouth was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🫢 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Face with Open Eyes and Hand over Mouth. The underlying code (U+1FAE2) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.