Ear Emoji

People

A detailed illustration of a human ear, typically shown in profile. It features the natural curves and cartilage folds of the outer ear, designed to represent the act of hearing or the physical organ itself.

Usage Context

Widely used to signal that someone is listening, paying attention, or 'all ears' for news. It is also frequently employed to request that someone speak up or to comment on audio content. When combined with other body parts like 👁 or 👄, it can be used to represent sensory perception or human communication.

History

The ear was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial wave of body part emojis. It draws inspiration from early pictographic icons used in Japanese mobile messaging services to replace text-based descriptors of physical anatomy.

Details

Glyph

👂

Unicode

U+1F442

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f442:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC42;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory body-parts

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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