Deaf woman: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A woman with medium skin tone gesturing toward her ear with her index finger, signaling that she cannot hear. The design highlights the importance of inclusive communication and awareness for the hard-of-hearing community.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to identify oneself as deaf or hard of hearing, or to request that someone repeat themselves in a text-based conversation. It serves as a visual bridge in digital spaces where audio-based communication isn't possible, often paired with 🤟 to represent American Sign Language or 🚫 to signal a lack of auditory input.
History
Added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0, this emoji was developed in response to a push from advocacy groups like the World Federation of the Deaf. It was created to provide a more accurate representation of disability-related communication styles within the standard emoji keyboard.
Details
Glyph
🧏🏽♀
Unicode
U+1F9CF U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3fd_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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