Deaf person: light skin tone Emoji

People

A person with a light skin tone pointing a finger toward their ear, indicating that they are deaf or hard of hearing. The gesture mimics the physical act of drawing attention to the ear to signal a lack of hearing.

Usage Context

Used to identify someone as deaf or hard of hearing, or to open a conversation about accessibility, sign language, or auditory impairment. It is frequently used alongside other disability-related emojis like 🦻 or 🤟 to discuss inclusive communication.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 13.0 in 2020 as part of a wider effort to expand representation for individuals with disabilities in digital communication, following requests for better ways to express non-verbal communication methods.

Details

Glyph

🧏🏻

Unicode

U+1F9CF U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDCF;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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