Deaf man: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with light skin pointing his index finger toward his ear, signaling that he cannot hear or is trying to listen. The design captures a common manual gesture used to indicate deafness or hearing impairment.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to identify as deaf, discuss sign language, or signal difficulty in hearing during a conversation. It serves as an important tool for accessibility and digital inclusion, often used alongside the sign language emoji 🤟.
History
Part of the effort to increase representation in digital communication, this emoji was added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. It builds on the standardized set of accessibility icons developed to better reflect the diverse ways people communicate in an increasingly online world.
Details
Glyph
🧏🏻♂
Unicode
U+1F9CF U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3fb_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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