Monkey face emoji meaning

The monkey face emoji is a depiction of a monkey's head, with round ears, a snub nose, and a wide grin showing off its teeth. It is typically depicted in a light brown or tan color, and is used to represent monkeys, apes, or primates in general. It can also be used to convey mischievousness or playfulness, or to reference the saying "monkey around" or "monkey business," which means to engage in mischief or foolishness.

The monkey face emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026L2/07257