🙉 Hear-No-Evil Monkey Emoji

The hear no evil monkey, called Kikazaru (Japanese for “hear not”), one of the
. Depicted as the brown
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.

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This emoji is considered
, particularly when used to disparage, insult, and abuse people with dark skin, especially Black people.