A shocked gasp. Wide eyes and a covered mouth show surprise at news, gossip or something scandalous.
Sent when a reveal lands: drama, a surprise announcement, a bold outfit, juicy gossip. It is more stunned than ๐คญ, which leans toward giggling, and less frightened than ๐ฑ.
Facts
Face with open eyes and hand over mouth ๐ซข is an emoji in the smileys and emotion category, under face hand. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:. People also look for it with words like โamazementโ, โaweโ, โdisbeliefโ, or โembarrassโ.
Timeline
2021Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 14.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2021
2026
Twemoji (X, Discord)
2022
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.