What Does the 🤭 Emoji Mean?

These days, there truly is a blushing face emoji for every situation, but few are as versatile and nuanced as the Face With Hand Over Mouth 🤭.

While it may seem like a simple happy face on the surface, there are a few meanings that can lurk behind the different elements of this laughing emoji. Eager to decipher it? Keep scrolling to all about it.

The 🤭 Symbol

The 🤭 emoji consists of a yellow face with happy squinting eyes, a closed smile and red, blushing cheeks, all hiding behind a hand carefully placed over the mouth.

This Face With Hand Over Mouth first appeared in its current state with an update in March of 2022. Previously, its eyes were open and the mouth wasn't visible. However, after the update, that emoji got a new slot and a new name, becoming the Face with Open Eyes and Hand Over Mouth emoji 🫢.

 

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What 🤭 Means

It turns out that a joyful face with a bit of blush and a raised hand can be full of different meanings, depending on the context and usage. The most obvious is probably laughter due to something hilarious, but it can imply muffled laughter (such as something you're slightly ashamed to giggle at).

The strong blush in the cheeks also conveys possible embarrassment, as some people tend to laugh when they're feeling anxious or awkward. It can suggest acknowledgement of a mistake, or feeling a little bit shy or skittish about new situations. It's also a playful and teasing emoji for being a bit flirtatious, as if saying "I can't believe I just said that!" after admitting something you've previously keep to yourself.

And that's not all. Some people use the 🫢 when they're in disbelief, with the hand over the mouth revealing that they're so shocked that they're speechless. It can also denote sarcasm, or even the lock-lipped promise to keep a secret.

 

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🤭 From a Crush

While the 🫢 emoji can suggest any of the above ideas when it comes from a crush in particular, you'll want to pay extra attention to potential flirtatious meanings. If the emoji comes paired with certain messages, such as invitations to hang out one-on-one later, or alongside personal confessions about themselves or their feelings. that's a good side they want to open up to you and that they may think of you as something more than a friend.

 

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