# 🧏‍♂️ Deaf man emoji

🧏‍♂️ Deaf man is an emoji in the gestures set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: accessibility, ear, gesture and hear.

- Emoji: 🧏‍♂️
- Unicode name: deaf man
- Code points: U+1F9CF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :deaf_man:
- Keywords: accessibility, deaf, ear, gesture, hear, man
- Page: https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-emoji

## What it means

Portrays a man gesturing toward his ear. It fits deaf or hard-of-hearing men and posts about deafness, hearing loss and communication access, such as captions and sign language.

## Skin tones

- 🧏🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🧏‍♂️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧏 [Deaf person](https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-emoji.md) (U+1F9CF)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🧏‍♂️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “deaf man”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “deaf man”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “deaf man”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “deaf man”.
- GitHub: Type :deaf_man: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre sordo | hombre, sordera, sordo |
| Français (fr) | homme sourd | accessibilité, entendre, homme sourd, malentendant, oreille, sourd |
| Deutsch (de) | gehörloser Mann | gehörlos, gehörloser Mann, Mann, taub |
| Italiano (it) | uomo con problemi di udito | sordità, sordo, uomo con difficoltà uditive, uomo con problemi di udito, uomo sordo |
| Português (pt) | homem surdo | homem, surdo |
| Nederlands (nl) | dove man | doof, gebaar, gebarentaal, horen, man, oor, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | hörselskadad man | dåligt, döv, gest, höra, man, öra, tillgänglighet |
| Polski (pl) | głuchy mężczyzna | głuchota, głuchy mężczyzna, mężczyzna |
| Türkçe (tr) | işitme engelli erkek | adam, erkek, işitme engelli, işitme engelli erkek |
| Русский (ru) | глухой мужчина | глухой, глухота, мужчина |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік із порушенням слуху | глухий, глухота, обмежені можливості, слух, чоловік, чоловік із порушенням слуху |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κωφός άντρας | άντρας, κωφός |
| العربية (ar) | رجل أصم | أصم, رجل, صمم |
| עברית (he) | איש כבד שמיעה | איש כבד שמיעה, חירש, כבד שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد ناشنوا | مرد, ناشنوا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बहरा आदमी | कान, कान से सुनना, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरा आदमी, सुनना |
| বাংলা (bn) | কানে কম শোনা ব্যক্তি | কানে কম শোনা ব্যক্তি, কানে কালা, পুরুষ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria tuli | lelaki, pria, tuli, tunarungu |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông khiếm thính | điếc, khiếm thính, người đàn ông, người đàn ông khiếm thính |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายหูหนวก | ผู้ชาย, ผู้ชายหูหนวก, หูหนวก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 耳の不自由な男性 | アクセシビリティ, 男性, 耳の不自由な男性, 聴覚, 障がい |
| 한국어 (ko) | 청각장애가 있는 남자 | 남자, 청각장애, 청각장애가 있는 남자 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 失聪的男人 | 听力障碍, 失聪的男人, 男, 耳朵, 聋 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 聽障男子 | 男, 聽障, 聽障男子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dowe man
- Akan (ak): mum barima
- Albanian (sq): burrë i shurdhër
- Amharic (am): ደንቆሮ ሰው
- Armenian (hy): խուլ տղամարդ
- Assamese (as): বধিৰ পুৰুষ
- Azerbaijani (az): kar kişi
- Bashkir (ba): һаңғырау ир
- Basque (eu): gizon gorra
- Belarusian (be): глухі мужчына
- Bosnian (bs): gluh muškarac
- Breton (br): paotr bouzar
- Bulgarian (bg): глух мъж
- Burmese (my): နားမကြားသူ အမျိုးသား
- Cantonese (yue): 聾嘅男人
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 聋嘅男人
- Catalan (ca): home sord
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聽障男人
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлхасӑр арҫын
- Croatian (hr): gluhi muškarac
- Czech (cs): hluchý muž
- Danish (da): døv mand
- Estonian (et): kurt mees
- Faroese (fo): deyvur maður
- Filipino (fil): lalaking bingi
- Finnish (fi): kuuro mies
- Galician (gl): home xordo
- Georgian (ka): ყრუ კაცი
- Gujarati (gu): બધિર પુરુષ
- Hausa (ha): namijin kurma
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): sun na paane wala aadmi
- Hungarian (hu): siket férfi
- Icelandic (is): heyrnarlaus karl
- Igbo (ig): nwoke ntị chiri
- Irish (ga): fear bodhar
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang budheg
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವುಡ
- Kazakh (kk): саңырау еркек
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساڭىراۋ ەركەك
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សប្រុសថ្លង់
- Konkani (kok): भेड्डो मनीस
- Kyrgyz (ky): дүлөй адам
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້​ຊາຍຫູ​ໜວກ
- Latvian (lv): nedzirdīgs vīrietis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo sordo
- Lithuanian (lt): kurčias vyras
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): njesłyšajucy muski
- Macedonian (mk): глув маж
- Malay (ms): lelaki pekak
- Malayalam (ml): ബധിരൻ
- Marathi (mr): बहिरा माणूस
- Mongolian (mn): дүлий эрэгтэй
- Nepali (ne): बहिरो पुरुष
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia
- Norwegian (no): døv mann
- Odia (or): ବଧିର ପୁରୁଷ
- Oromo (om): dhiira duudaa
- Pashto (ps): کوڼ سړی
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਆਦਮੀ
- Quechua (qu): ruqtʼu runa
- Romanian (ro): bărbat surd
- Romansh (rm): um surd
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine bodhar
- Serbian (sr): глув човек
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): глув човјек
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gluv čovek
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): gluv čovjek
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးႁူၼူၵ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ٻوڙو ماڻهو
- Sinhala (si): බිහිරි මිනිසා
- Slovak (sk): nepočujúci muž
- Slovenian (sl): gluh moški
- Somali (so): nin dhagoole ah
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume kiziwi
- Tamil (ta): கேட்கும் திறன் இல்லாத ஆண்
- Telugu (te): చెవిటివాడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸማም ሰብኣይ
- Tongan (to): tangata tuli
- Turkmen (tk): ker erkek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłuchi muž
- Urdu (ur): سماعت سے محروم مرد
- Uzbek (uz): kar erkak
- Welsh (cy): dyn byddar
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin adití
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin adití
- Zulu (zu): indoda engezwa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧏‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F9CF\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CF}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8F E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCF 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8F%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧏‍♂️ deaf man emoji mean?

Portrays a man gesturing toward his ear. It fits deaf or hard-of-hearing men and posts about deafness, hearing loss and communication access, such as captions and sign language.

### How do I type the 🧏‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “deaf man”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :deaf_man:.

### When was the 🧏‍♂️ emoji added?

🧏‍♂️ was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧏‍♂️?

U+1F9CF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧏‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9CF}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

### Does 🧏‍♂️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🧏🏻‍♂️ light, 🧏🏼‍♂️ medium-light, 🧏🏽‍♂️ medium, 🧏🏾‍♂️ medium-dark and 🧏🏿‍♂️ dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-emoji