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👁️ Eye

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👁️ Emoji meaning

Watching, keeping an eye on, interest, focus, religious symbol.

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👁️ Meaning

I have an eye on you! Something is interesting to watch or is being observed. In ancient cultures often a religious sign, such as the eye of Horus or the evil eye in the Orient.

Examples

Did you see that? 👁️
Watch closely now! 👁️
I’m keeping an eye on everything. 👁️

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Eye

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Eyes vs eye; pair of eyes vs single eye, both used to show watching or looking.

ZWJ Sequence

Eye

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Eye in speech bubble

Eye vs eye in speech bubble; both center on an eye symbol for observation or awareness.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Eye” was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and added to Emoji 0.7 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ 1 + one

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ eye

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ body

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