Deaf person: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium-dark skin pointing their index finger at their ear. The gesture clearly illustrates the concept of hearing or being deaf, depending on the surrounding text.

Usage Context

Used to discuss sign language, hearing loss, or to clarify that the sender is deaf or hard of hearing. It is a vital tool for digital accessibility and inclusive communication, often used alongside 🤟 to represent sign language culture or 🚫 to indicate a lack of sound.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of an effort to broaden representation for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. It emerged from a push by advocacy groups to ensure that digital iconography reflected the specific hand shapes used in various sign languages.

Details

Glyph

🧏🏾

Unicode

U+1F9CF U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDCF;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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