Deaf woman: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A woman with medium-dark skin pointing her index finger toward her ear. The gesture mimics the physical motion of indicating one is unable to hear or is signaling a hearing-related condition.

Usage Context

Used to identify someone who is deaf or hard of hearing, or to signal that you cannot hear someone during a digital conversation. It is often used in combination with ๐ŸคŸ to represent American Sign Language or general Deaf culture.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 12.0 in 2019 as part of an industry-wide push for better representation of people with disabilities. It builds upon the established framework of gender and skin tone modifiers to ensure users can represent themselves more accurately in global communications.

Details

Glyph
๐Ÿง๐Ÿพโ€โ™€
Unicode
U+1F9CF U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cf_1f3fe_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
accessibilitydeafeargesturehearwomanhard of hearingsign languagedisabilitydeaf womanmedium-dark skin

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