monkey face Emoji
๐ต ยท U+1F435 ยท Emoji 0.6
What does the monkey face emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 ยท Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
When conversations turn playful or mischievous, the ๐ต monkey face emoji is often reached for, defined as a cartoonish representation of a monkey's face, used to convey a sense of cheeky humor, curiosity, or slyness, and also employed figuratively to express mischief or mayhem, while in slang contexts, it can represent someone or something being silly, goofy, or a little crazy, and is sometimes associated with a love for bananas or a playful, jungle-like atmosphere.
How the monkey face emoji is used
The tone of messages featuring the ๐ต monkey face emoji tends to be lighthearted and humorous, often used in texting and social media captions to add a touch of whimsy or playfulness, with younger generations and TikTok users frequently incorporating it into their posts and comments to convey a sense of fun and silliness, while on other platforms, the emoji may be used more sparingly, but still serves to inject a bit of humor or personality into an otherwise straightforward message, and its usage can vary across different cultural contexts and online communities.
monkey face emoji examples
- just saw a monkey at the zoo and I'm obsessed ๐ต
- what's up you little monkey ๐ต
How to copy the monkey face emoji
To use the monkey face emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F435), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
More about monkey face
Also known as
monkey face emoji on different platforms
How the monkey face emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.



monkey face Emoji Details
| Emoji | ๐ต |
| Name | monkey face |
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Codepoints | U+1F435 |
| Shortcode | :monkey_face: |
| Emoji version | 0.6 |
| Unicode version | 0.6 |
monkey face Emoji FAQ
When conversations turn playful or mischievous, the ๐ต monkey face emoji is often reached for, defined as a cartoonish representation of a monkey's face, used to convey a sense of cheeky humor, curiosity, or slyness, and also employed figuratively to express mischief or mayhem, while in slang contexts, it can represent someone or something being silly, goofy, or a little crazy, and is sometimes associated with a love for bananas or a playful, jungle-like atmosphere.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste ๐ต wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F435, introduced in Emoji version 0.6 (Unicode 0.6). Its shortcode is :monkey_face:.
People also search for the monkey face emoji as animal, banana, face, monkey.