😶 Face Without Mouth

Unicode lists 😶 Face Without Mouth among the neutral and sceptical faces in the Smileys & Emotion group. In practice it comes up around awkward, blank, expressionless and face. Unicode also files it under mouth, mouthless, mute and quiet, which shows how widely it is read.

😶 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Emotions and Feelings. The character has been part of the standard since 2015 (Emoji 1.0). Its code point is U+1F636.

• 😶 works as a one-character reply when awkward is the subject.
• Fits messages about awkward, blank, expressionless and face.
• Often seen near 🫥 Dotted Line Face, 😐️ Neutral Face and 😑 Expressionless Face.

• 😶😒 – Face Without Mouth and Unamused Face
• 😶🤨 – Face Without Mouth with Face with Raised Eyebrow
• 😶🫥 – Face Without Mouth plus Dotted Line Face
• 😶🙄 – Face Without Mouth and Face with Rolling Eyes
• 😶😬 – Face Without Mouth with Grimacing Face
• 😶🤐 – Face Without Mouth plus Zipper-Mouth Face
• 😶😐️ – Face Without Mouth and Neutral Face
• 😶😑 – Face Without Mouth with Expressionless Face

Easy to mix up with 🫥 Dotted Line Face, 😐️ Neutral Face or 😑 Expressionless Face. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.