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👀 Eyes Emoji

The 👀 Eyes emoji represents watching closely, curiosity, noticing drama, lurking, or saying 'look at this'.

QUICK FACTS
Official name
Eyes
Category
People & Body
Subcategory
Body Parts
Unicode
U+1F440
Emoji version
0.6
Unicode version
17.0

What Does Mean?

The 👀 Eyes emoji is a hugely popular digital reaction for curiosity and drama. It captures the physical act of looking closely, lurking silently in a group chat, watching gossip unfold, or drawing immediate attention to an interesting photo or secret announcement.

Tone
CuriousAlertPlayfulIntrigued
Quick Meaning

The 👀 Eyes emoji represents watching closely, curiosity, noticing drama, lurking, or saying 'look at this'.

Use Cases

How People Use 👀

Common conversational contexts and messaging situations.

Directing attention to an interesting image, tweet, or detail

Directing attention to an interesting image, tweet, or detail.

Lurking in a chat when spicy gossip or drama begins

Lurking in a chat when spicy gossip or drama begins.

Teasing an upcoming secret project or release

Teasing an upcoming secret project or release.

Real Messages

👀 Emoji Examples

Realistic message examples demonstrating natural placement for 👀.

“Did you see what they just posted? 👀”

“Big announcement coming tomorrow morning 👀”

“Just sitting back and watching this comment section 👀”

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Lookup Data

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Official Name

Eyes

Subcategory: Body Parts

Aliases & Common Names

  • eyes
  • shifty eyes
  • wide eyes
  • watching
  • looking

Keywords & Search Terms

  • eyes
  • look
  • watch
  • curious
  • gossip
  • drama
  • lurking
  • see
  • attention
Developer Reference

👀 Emoji Codes

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FormatCode ValueAction
Unicode
U+1F440
Code points
U+1F440
UTF-8 bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x80
UTF-16
\uD83D\uDC40
HTML decimal entity
👀
HTML hexadecimal entity
👀
JavaScript escape
\u{1F440}
CSS escape
\1F440
Python string
\U0001F440
Variations

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Discovery

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Emoji Styles

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Microsoft Fluent

MIT License
Eyes emoji in Microsoft Fluent style

Google Noto

SIL Open Font License 1.1
Eyes emoji in Google Noto style

Twemoji

CC BY 4.0
Eyes emoji in Twemoji style

OpenMoji

CC BY-SA 4.0
Eyes emoji in OpenMoji style

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The 👀 Eyes emoji represents watching closely, curiosity, noticing drama, lurking, or saying 'look at this'.