Zipper-mouth face emoji meaning

The zipper-mouth face emoji is a yellow, circular emoji with a face with a zipper over the mouth, as if the person is unable to speak. It is often used to show that someone is being quiet or keeping a secret, or to indicate that someone is not allowed to speak. It can also be used to indicate that someone is feeling frustrated or angry and wants to keep their thoughts to themselves.

The zipper-mouth face emoji is also known as Zipper-Mouth Emoji.

The zipper-mouth face emoji was approved in Unicode 8.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/14174