Deaf person: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned person pointing to their ear with an index finger, signaling that they are hard of hearing or deaf. This figure is captured in a neutral, forward-facing stance.

Usage Context

Used to identify someone who is deaf or hard of hearing, or to signal that a person cannot hear what is being said in a digital conversation. It is often used alongside sign language emojis like 🤟 or 👂 to discuss accessibility or communication preferences in a fast-paced chat environment.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of a push to increase representation for people with disabilities. It follows the standard skin tone modifier system introduced in 2015, which allows users to customize human figures to better reflect diverse appearances across global digital platforms.

Details

Glyph

🧏🏿

Unicode

U+1F9CF U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDCF;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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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