🤫️ Shushing face emoji

A face with a finger held to the lips in a "shh" or "quiet" gesture, asking for silence or secrecy. This emoji conveys the need to keep something quiet, confidential, or secret.

Often used to tell someone to be quiet, to indicate a secret is being shared, or to create a sense of mystery. Related to 🤐 Zipper mouth face for keeping secrets and 🫢 Face with open eyes and hand over mouth for surprise reactions.

Could also be called Quiet face, shh face, secret face, silence gesture or finger to lips emoji.

Other meanings

Telling secrets, asking for discretion, creating mystery, or indicating that something should be kept confidential. Can also represent libraries, quiet zones, or hushed conversations.

Example Usage

I have some news but you cannot tell anyone yet 🤫

Related emoji

Hands emojis

• 🤗️ Smiling face with open hands
• 🤭️ Face with hand over mouth
• 🫢️ Face with open eyes and hand over mouth
• 🫣️ Face with peeking eye

Quiet emojis

• 🤐️ Zipper-mouth face
• 😶️ Face without mouth
• 🔇️ Muted speaker
• 🔕️ Bell with slash

Quiet emojis

• 📵️ No mobile phones
• 📳️ Vibration mode
• 📴️ Mobile phone off

Visual description

Often shown as a round, yellow face with a finger (usually the index finger) pressed against closed lips in the universal "shh" gesture, with eyes that may appear knowing or serious.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.