The Face with Monocle emoji depicts a face with a monocle, which is a single eyeglass that is held in place by the eye socket and surrounding muscles. It is commonly used to convey sophistication, intelligence, or a sense of humor.
On most platforms, the face is shown with a black and white monocle in the right eye, and may also have raised eyebrows and a small smile. It was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 and added to Emoji 5.0 in the same year.
Some possible use cases for the Face with Monocle emoji include: