hiking boot
Unicode: 1F97E
Description
A brown-colored, elongated face emoji with a single, large, round eye in the center, resembling a cyclops or a one-eyed alien. It typically has a slightly surprised or neutral expression.
Group:
Objects > clothing
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Often conveys curiosity, surprise, oddness, or a sense of being an outsider or a unique observer. Less commonly, it might represent a watchful or focused gaze.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 11.0 (2018). Its inclusion was likely to provide more diverse and less human-like facial expressions, offering a way to convey feelings of oddness, curiosity, or alien-like observation in digital communication.
Usage Examples
- Expressing surprise or confusion: 'Well, that's new... Cyclops/Eye Emoji'
- Indicating something strange or unique: 'This movie is absolutely wild Cyclops/Eye Emoji'
- Playfully referring to a unique perspective: 'My take on it is a bit different Cyclops/Eye Emoji'
- Referring to an alien or monster: 'He looks like a friendly monster Cyclops/Eye Emoji'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Frequently used to denote strangeness, a 'one-eyed' perspective, or something out of the ordinary, sometimes playfully or in a humorous context (e.g., 'What on earth is that?').
East Asian culture:
May also be used for quirky or unusual situations, sometimes seen as a whimsical character or an alien, less about a specific emotion and more about an unusual observation.