Ear: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A side-profile view of a human ear rendered with a medium-light skin tone. It highlights the intricate curves of the outer ear, clearly marking the anatomy used for processing auditory information.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to signal that someone is listening, paying attention, or waiting for an update on a situation. It is often employed in casual chats to say 'I'm listening' or 'tell me more,' sometimes accompanied by 👀 to suggest a shared secret or gossip.

History

The basic ear emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. Skin tone modifiers were added later in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update, allowing users to better reflect human diversity in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

👂🏼

Unicode

U+1F442 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f442_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC42;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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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