Deaf man: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with dark skin pointing his index finger toward his ear, signaling that he cannot hear or is hard of hearing. The gesture is the standard way to indicate deafness in American Sign Language and other sign systems.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to discuss accessibility, clarify that someone cannot hear a conversation, or identify as a member of the Deaf or hard-of-hearing community. It is frequently grouped with other identity-focused icons like 🧑🏾‍🦽 or 🧏🏾‍♀️ to discuss inclusive communication.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2019, this emoji was part of a larger initiative to expand representation for people with disabilities. It follows the long-standing tradition of using specific hand shapes in early digital messaging to communicate physical actions or status when text alone wasn't enough.

Details

Glyph

🧏🏿‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9CF U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3ff_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDCF;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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