The hear no evil monkey, called Kikazaru (Japanese for “hear not”), one of the Three Wise Monkeys. Depicted as the brown 🐵 Monkey Face with hands covering its ears.
The Three Wise Monkeys represent the proverb see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, frequently interpreted as a call for discretion or willful ignorance.
Often used as a playful way to convey I can’t believe what I’m hearing! or, more generally, to express astonishment or disbelief.
See also 🙈 See-No-Evil Monkey and 🙊 Speak-No-Evil Monkey.
This emoji is considered racist in some contexts, particularly when used to disparage, insult, and abuse people with dark skin, especially Black people.
| Emoji | 🙉 |
| Unicode Name | Hear-No-Evil Monkey |
| Apple Name | Hear-No-Evil Monkey |
| Also Known As | Kikazaru, Monkey Covering Ears |
| Codepoints | U+1F649 |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | কন খরপ কছ শনব ন |
| Danish | ikke høre |
| German | sich die ohren zuhaltendes affengesicht |
| English | hear no evil monkey |
| Spanish | mono con los oídos tapados |
| French | singe ne rien entendre |
| Hindi | बर मत सन गध ज क बनदर |
| Italian | non sento |
| Japanese | 聞かざる |
| Korean | 귀를 막고 있는 원숭이 |
| Marathi | वईट ऐक नय सगणर वनर |
| Malay | monyet tutup telinga |
| Dutch | geen kwaad horen |
| Norwegian | hører ingenting ondt |
| Portuguese | macaco que não ouve nada |
| Swedish | apa hör inget |
| Tamil | தயவறறக கடகககடத எனபத உணரததம கரஙக |
| Telugu | చడ వనక అన సచచ కత |
| Chinese | 非礼勿听 |










































































