Smileys & Emotion · Emoji 1.0
😶Face Without Mouth Emoji
Generally, it means you’re silent or don’t want to say anything. People use it to express shock, disbelief, or just a simple lack of words.
The 😶 emoji is a face without a mouth.
- Unicode
- U+1F636
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :no_
mouth: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 😶 Face Without Mouth emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 12.
People also look for it as blank emoji, expressionless face emoji, expressionless emoji, mouthless emoji, blank face emoji, without mouth emoji, without emoji.
02 — Platforms
Face Without Mouth emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the face without mouth as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Face Without Mouth emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :no_mouth:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F636.
04 — How to type
How to type the 😶 Face Without Mouth emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F636 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Face Without Mouth emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the face without mouth as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Face Without Mouth emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around face without mouth for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with 😶, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — Emoji Kitchen
Face Without Mouth Emoji Kitchen stickers
Mixed with other emojis by Google's Kitchen — 619 stickers exist for the face without mouth, and 12 of them are below. Tap any to open it full size.
Mix it yourself →
08 — In conversation
What 😶 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
09 — Apps
What 😶 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
11 — Difference
😶 vs 🤐 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Face Without Mouth
Code: U+1F636 · added 2015
Shortcode: :no_mouth:
Generally, it means you’re silent or don’t want to say anything.
Unicode name: Zipper-mouth Face
Code: U+1F910 · added 2015
Shortcode: :zipper_mouth_face:
Generally, it means you’re keeping something to yourself.
12 — History
Where the 😶 Face Without Mouth emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 1.0, the face without mouth has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 11.
Same character every time — U+1F636 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Face Without Mouth was approved as U+1F636 and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 😶 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ