๐Ÿ™‰Monkey holding hands over ears smiley
๐Ÿ™‰

๐Ÿ™‰ Emoji meaning

I don't want to know! Hear no evil, avoid the truth, turn a deaf ear.

๐Ÿ™‰ Meaning

Monkey is holding both hands over its ears. Doesn't want to hear anything unpleasant or negative. Avoids the truth and does not listen. Kikazaru is one of the three wise monkeys.

Examples

  • Nope, I'm covering my ears! ๐Ÿ™‰
  • Do I really want to hear this? ๐Ÿ™‰
  • I don't even want to hear about it. ๐Ÿ™‰

Learn more about the meaning

Commonly confused with

Same Emotion

Hear-no-evil monkey
โ†”

See-no-evil vs hear-no-evil; both part of the three wise monkeys, often confused in order.

Hear-no-evil monkey
โ†”

Hear-no-evil vs disappointed face; both used when someone does not want to hear bad news.

Hear-no-evil monkey
โ†”

Hear-no-evil vs speak-no-evil; identical monkey heads with hands, only hand position changes.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œHear-no-evil monkeyโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ animal + ears + gesture + listen + no + not + prohibited + secret + shh + tmi

Keywords removed

- hear-no-evil monkey

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- gesture - no - not - prohibited

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ hear-no-evil monkey

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

hear-no-evil

Emoji title after

hear-no-evil monkey

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ evil + face + forbidden + gesture + hear + monkey + no + not + prohibited

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- hear

Similar emojis from "Mammals"