🤭 Meaning: What does the face emoji with a hand over the mouth mean?

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You use smileys every day in your messages, text messages and social networking posts. In fact, they're mostly used to spice up or liven up your conversations.

But do you know exactly what these emojis mean? In this article, we take a closer look at l’émoji visage avec une main sur la bouche ! What does this emoji mean? What are its uses? We tell you all in this article.

Image of an emoji with a hand over the mouth
Image d’un émoji avec une main sur la bouche

In some apps, this emoji is shown smiling with laughing eyes. In others, it is with a neutral gaze, and the outline of the mouth is not visible.

Discover also the meaning of the smiley 🤯 among our articles!

🤭 Meaning of this face emoji with a hand over the mouth

This emoji means to cover your mouth, don't talk, Where mute sound. It can suggest the laugh or thedeceptively shy embarrassment as if to say "oops! A typical gesture for people who lie. In fact, depending on the situation, it may be considered differently.

  • It can interpret the fact that you saw something that made you feel shocked or that you've laughed at a situation you shouldn't laugh at, or that you've been asked to cover your mouth in a fit of giggles.
  • In its joyful version, the hand over the mouth expresses attempted restraint. For example, when we laugh at a humorous situation with potentially negative consequences such as clumsiness, a blunder or an unintentional fall.
  • The fact that the emoji has a hand covering the mouth reduces the incoercible nature of laughter, drowning out the noise or mask of other people's stares as best we can.
  • In the neutral version, this emoji expresses discomfort in the face of a blunder. For example: you've unwittingly revealed a secret or information that shouldn't have been leaked or communicated to anyone. It can be replaced by the expression: "Oops, I've said too much". And vice versa.

General information about this hand-over-mouth emoji

  • Short name: Face with hand over mouth
  • Apple name: Face with hand over mouth and laughing eyes
  • Unicode Version: 10.0
  • Emoji version: 5.0
  • Category: 😂 Smileys & Emotion
  • Subcategory: 🤔 face-hand
  • Sub-group: Facing the hand

Learn all about this smiley face with a hand over its mouth

This smiley is a face emoji with a hand over the mouth, not to be confused with l’émoji avec un doigt sur la bouche. It's also known as a face, with a hand covering its mouth and a smile in its eyes and/or blushing cheeks. This emoji is also one of the few face emojis to show an anatomical element other than the head.

On la classe sous la même catégorie que de l’émoji qui serre dans les bras, l’émoji se taire ainsi que l’émoji pensif. Il appartient aussi à la catégorie”😂 Smileys &Émotion ».

Other name

  • Laughing Emoji
  • Emoji giggling with joy
  • Emoji with hand covering mouth

Prior to the iOS 15.4 release in March 2022, Apple's model featured simple open eyes, someone suggests, exclaiming "Oh, damn it!" to express surprise, shock, concern or sincere apology. In others, it expresses embarrassment or brazenness.

Example and use

  • Wendy William, the most famous girl in the world, always talked about it.🤭
  • 🤭 Oops!
  • Oh, my God 🤭!

like with this emoji, use smileys like the face with a hand over the mouth, showing a shy smile and blushing cheeks 😊, peut ajouter également une touche de chaleur et d’expression personnelle à vos messages, rendant vos conversations plus vivante et plus empathique.

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