Deaf person: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A person with medium skin tone gesturing towards their ear with their index finger, indicating that they are deaf or hard of hearing.
Usage Context
This emoji serves as a direct way for users to identify their hearing status or to discuss accessibility in digital communication. It is frequently used in conversations about sign language, inclusive education, or to signal that someone cannot hear audio content in a video. It is often used alongside 🧏 or 🤟 when discussing the Deaf community.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of the effort to increase representation for people with disabilities. It was developed to provide a standardized way to represent the deaf identity across global platforms, moving beyond older, less specific icons that didn't account for skin tone variations.
Details
Glyph
🧏🏽
Unicode
U+1F9CF U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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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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