🤭Hand over mouth smiley

🤭 Face with hand over mouth

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🤭 Emoji meaning

I can't believe it! Shock, surprise, disbelief, realization.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Emoji History
  4.  Similar Emojis
  5.  Platforms
  6.  Emoji Details
  7.  Comments

🤭 Meaning

Expresses shock, surprise, or a sudden perception. Typical gesture, which shows that the other person is not telling the truth. Thinks he's being lied to.

Examples

  • I didn't see that coming. 🤭
  • Did that really just happen? 🤭
  • No way, that's unbelievable! 🤭

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Commonly confused with

Same Emotion

Face with hand over mouth
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Squinting face with tongue

Hand-over-mouth vs squinting tongue; both can be playful, giggly reactions.

Face with hand over mouth
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Face with open mouth

Face with hand over mouth vs face with open mouth; both show surprise, hand detail can be small.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Face with hand over mouth” was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 and added to Emoji 5.0 .

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ face + giggle + giggling + hand + mouth + oops + realization + secret + shock + sudden + surprise

Keywords removed

- face with hand over mouth

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ face with hand over mouth

In the release of Emoji 4.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ whoops

Similar emojis from "Tongues, Hands and Accessories"

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😋 Face savoring food 😛 Face with tongue 😜 Winking face with tongue 🤪 Zany face 😝 Squinting face with tongue 🤑 Money-mouth face 🤗 Smiling face with open hands 🤭 Face with hand over mouth 🫢 Face with open eyes and hand over mouth 🫣 Face with peeking eye 🤫 Shushing face 🤔 Thinking face 🫡 Saluting face 🤤 Drooling face 🤠 Cowboy hat face 🥳 Partying face 🥸 Disguised face 😎 Smiling face with sunglasses 🤓 Nerd face 🧐 Face with monocle
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Comments

(10) Comments

  • This emoji conveys a feeling of blushing due to being caught off guard or surprised, often from not having all the details.

  • So embarrassing! How could that blunder happen?

  • Trying to hide a smile from being pleasantly surprised.

  • Used to give a kiss.

  • Smiling eyes and blushing cheeks with a hand over the mouth suggest giggling or being playfully embarrassed.

  • Perfect after something cheeky or mildly naughty, pretty much a "wry grin." 🤭️

  • Often used to express giggling after inside jokes or light, playful hints.