Eyes
๐ is a pair of eyes. It means looking at something with interest, watching drama unfold, or casting a suspicious side-eye.
Create a new emoji with ๐Common uses
DBEmoji editorial interpretation- Watching drama unfold
- Showing interest in a teaser or news
- A suspicious side-eye
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- Unicode name
- EYES
- CLDR short name
- eyes
- Codepoint
- U+1F440
- Hex
- 1F440
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Unicode version
- 6.0
- First released
- 2010
- Unicode group
- People & Body
- Unicode subgroup
- body-parts
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Data verified 2026-10-21 ยท Unicode Emoji 16.0 ยท How this data is built
GitHub shortcode
From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.
:eyes:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRbody ยท eye ยท eyes ยท face ยท googly ยท look ยท looking ยท omg ยท peep ยท see ยท seeing
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How it looks

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)
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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji โ original artwork
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Questions people ask
- What does the ๐ eyes emoji mean?
- ๐ is a pair of eyes. It means looking at something with interest, watching drama unfold, or casting a suspicious side-eye.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for ๐?
- U+1F440, named EYES in the Unicode Standard.
- When was the ๐ eyes emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
- How do I type ๐ on my phone or computer?
- On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for โeyesโ. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy ๐ from this page with one click.
- What is the shortcode for ๐?
- On GitHub, type :eyes: and it turns into ๐ โ that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.
