palms up together: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F932 1F3FF
Description
An emoji depicting a person doing a 'shushing' gesture, with a finger pressed to the lips. The person has a dark skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > hands
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Primarily signifies silence, secrecy, or a request to keep quiet. Can also imply discretion or a 'hush-hush' situation.
Backstory
This emoji was added to Emoji 13.0 (Unicode 13.0) in 2020, representing a common non-verbal gesture for silence. The addition of various skin tones, like 1F3FF (dark skin tone), allows for more diverse representation within the emoji set.
Usage Examples
- Asking someone to be quiet: 'Keep it down, the baby's sleeping 🤫'
- Sharing a secret: 'Don't tell anyone, but I got the job 🤫'
- Indicating discretion: 'I'll tell you later, it's a bit of a secret 🤫'
- Playfully signaling silence: 'Oops, almost spilled the beans! 🤫'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Widely understood as 'be quiet' or 'keep a secret'. Often used in situations requiring discretion or to quiet a noisy environment.
East Asian culture:
Similar meaning of 'be quiet' or 'shush'. Can also be used playfully to indicate a shared secret or mischievous silence.