Deaf woman: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned woman with one hand raised to her ear, palm facing forward, indicating she is unable to hear. This icon uses the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence to combine the deaf person emoji with the female gender sign and the darkest skin tone modifier.
Usage Context
Used to signal deafness or a hard-of-hearing status in digital conversations. It helps clarify that a person may not be able to hear audio or voice notes. It is frequently grouped with other inclusivity-focused icons like 🧏 or 🧏♂️ to provide a complete set of gender-neutral and gendered options for communication.
History
This emoji was added in 2019 as part of the Emoji 12.0 update. It was part of a major Unicode push to increase representation for people with disabilities, following a proposal that highlighted the need for icons that could accurately reflect the diverse lived experiences of the global deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
Details
Glyph
🧏🏿♀
Unicode
U+1F9CF U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3ff_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀
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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