🫢
Face With Open Eyes And Hand Over Mouth Emoji
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Emoji Overview
Unicode Code Point | U+1FAE2 1FAE2 |
Emoji Name | face with open eyes and hand over mouth |
Unicode Version Date Added for Emoji | 14.0September 2021 |
Category | |
Keywords | shocksurprisegasp |
🫢 Meaning and Explanation
The 🫢 emoji shows a face with wide-open eyes and a hand covering its mouth.
This emoji conveys a strong sense of shock, surprise, or disbelief. It's like a gasp captured in an emoji. Compared to 🤭, which often implies playful giggling, 🫢 represents a more genuine and intense reaction to something unexpected.
🫢 How to Use
Use the 🫢 emoji when you are genuinely shocked or astonished by something you've seen or heard. It's suitable for reacting to surprising news, a sudden realization, or a dramatic event.
- To express shock: "He's resigning? 🫢"
- To show surprise: "I can't believe you remembered my birthday! 🫢"
- To convey disbelief: "There's no way that actually happened 🫢"
🫢 Cultural Background
The gesture of covering one's mouth with a hand when shocked or surprised is a very common and intuitive human reaction. As a result, the 🫢 emoji is broadly understood across different cultures to mean "Oh my gosh!" or "Wow!".
It effectively communicates a sense of astonishment without needing much cultural translation.