Deaf woman: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A woman with medium skin tone gesturing toward her ear with her index finger, signaling that she cannot hear. The design highlights the importance of inclusive communication and awareness for the hard-of-hearing community.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to identify oneself as deaf or hard of hearing, or to request that someone repeat themselves in a text-based conversation. It serves as a visual bridge in digital spaces where audio-based communication isn't possible, often paired with 🤟 to represent American Sign Language or 🚫 to signal a lack of auditory input.
History
Added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0, this emoji was developed in response to a push from advocacy groups like the World Federation of the Deaf. It was created to provide a more accurate representation of disability-related communication styles within the standard emoji keyboard.
Details
Glyph
🧏🏽♀
Unicode
U+1F9CF U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3fd_200d_2640:
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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