Deaf woman: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A woman with medium-light skin tone pointing a finger toward her ear. The gesture signals that the person is deaf or hard of hearing, acting as a visual indicator of accessibility and communication needs.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to identify oneself or others within the deaf community or to signal that someone cannot hear what is being said. It is frequently used in professional or social settings to request a change in communication method, such as switching to text or written notes. It pairs effectively with 🧏 for general use or 🤟 to denote use of sign language.
History
The base sign for this emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 to improve representation for the disability community. The gendered and skin-toned variations were released shortly after to ensure users can accurately reflect their own identity in digital conversations.
Details
Glyph
🧏🏼♀
Unicode
U+1F9CF U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3fc_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀
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
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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