Ear Emoji
People
A detailed illustration of a human ear, typically shown in profile. It features the natural curves and cartilage folds of the outer ear, designed to represent the act of hearing or the physical organ itself.
Usage Context
Widely used to signal that someone is listening, paying attention, or 'all ears' for news. It is also frequently employed to request that someone speak up or to comment on audio content. When combined with other body parts like 👁 or 👄, it can be used to represent sensory perception or human communication.
History
The ear was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial wave of body part emojis. It draws inspiration from early pictographic icons used in Japanese mobile messaging services to replace text-based descriptors of physical anatomy.
Details
Glyph
👂
Unicode
U+1F442
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f442:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory body-parts
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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