A pair of eyes, glancing slightly to the left on most platforms. The Google version of this emoji previously showed only a single eye, despite the name of this character being eyes (plural). Just like the other emojis representing different and important parts of human body, the eyes emoji represents a pair of human eyes. Also, a funny addition to this emoji is that the eyes are looking towards the left and this can be depicted in multiple ways. Some may say that they are looking at the left side, while others may depict that this means that the sender of this emoji is upset with the receiver, and they are turning their eyes from them. Everyone has a different perception about this emoji.
HISTORY:
The inclusion of this eyes emoji was done in the Unicode in the year 2010 and that is why it is a senior emoji along with the bone emoji to the emojis of other parts of the human body.
USES:
Different people depict different meaning of the eyes emoji. Some may think this emoji was a reminder that someone is watching the receiver, while the others may predict it as a sign of curiosity from the sender's side about something. Overall, this emoji has multiple uses and is widely used in digital conversations for the same reason.
Name | Eyes |
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Codepoint | U+1F440 |
Unicode | Eyes |
Apple Name | Eyes |
Android Name | |
Shortcode | :eyes: (GitHub, Slack, Discord) |