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🧏U+1F9CF

Deaf person emoji

A person gesturing toward their ear. It is a go-to for representing deafness and people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and for posts about deaf culture, hearing loss and accessibility, such as captions and sign language.

Unicode name
deaf person
Category
People & body, Gestures
Added
Emoji 12.0 in 2019
Code points
U+1F9CF
Shortcode
:deaf_person:
Keywords
accessibility, deaf, ear, gesture, hear, person

How it looks

🧏
Your device
Deaf person emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Deaf person emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Deaf person emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

Emoji that include 🧏

How to type 🧏

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpersona sordaaccesibilidad, escuchar, oído, oír, persona sorda, sordera
Françaispersonne sourdeaccessibilité, entendre, malentendant, oreille, personne sourde, sourd, surdité
Deutschgehörlose PersonBarrierefreiheit, gehörlos, hören, Ohr, Person, schwerhörig, taub
Italianopersona con problemi di uditoaccessibilità, difficoltà uditive, non sentire, orecchio, persona, persona con problemi di udito, problemi di udito, sordità, sordo, udito
Portuguêspessoa surdaacessibilidade, audição, orelha, pessoa surda, surda, surdo, surdos
Nederlandsdoof persoondoof, doof persoon, horen, oor, slechthorend, toegankelijkheid
Svenskahörselskadad persondöv, hörsel, hörselskadad person, öra, tillgänglighet
Polskiosoba głuchadostępność, głuchota, osoba głucha, słuch, ucho
Türkçeişitme engelli kişiduyma, erişilebilirlik, işitme, işitme engelli, işitme engelli kişi, kulak
Русскийглухой человекглухой, жестов, немой, слышать, сурдопереводчик, ухо, язык
Українськалюдина з порушенням слухувада слуху, глухота, доступність, людина з порушенням слуху, слух, спеціальні можливості, чути
Ελληνικάκωφό άτομοακοή, απώλεια ακοής, αυτί, κωφό άτομο, κωφός, προσβασιμότητα
العربيةشخص أصمأذن, أصم, إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, سماع, شخص أصم, صمم, ضعف السمع, ضعيف السمع, لا أسمعك, ينصت
עבריתכבד שמיעהחירש, כבד שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות
فارسیآدم ناشنواآدم ناشنوا, دسترس‌پذیری, شنیدن, قابلیت دسترسی, کر, گوش, ناشنوا
हिन्दीबहरा व्यक्तिकान, कान से सुनना, दिव्यांग, दिव्यांग व्यक्ति, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरा व्यक्ति, बहरापन, सुनना, सुनाई नहीं देता
বাংলাকানে কালা ব্যক্তিঅ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, কান, কানে কম শোনে, কানে কালা, কানে কালা ব্যক্তি, শুনতে পায় না, শোনা
Bahasa Indonesiaorang tuliaksesibilitas, dengar, kuping, mendengar, orang tuli, telinga, tuli, tunarungu
Tiếng Việtngười khiếm thínhđiếc, hỗ trợ tiếp cận, khiếm thính, nghe, người khiếm thính, tai
ไทยคนหูหนวกการเข้าถึง, คน, ท่าทาง, พิการ, ฟัง, ไม่ได้ยิน, หูหนวก
日本語耳の不自由な人アクセシビリティ, 人, 耳の不自由な人, 聞こえない, 聴覚, 障がい
한국어청각 장애가 있는 사람귀, 접근성, 청각 장애가 있는 사람, 청각장애, 청각장애인, 청력
中文(简体)失聪者听力, 听力障碍, 听障, 失聪者, 无障碍, 耳朵, 耳聋, 聋
中文(繁體)聽障人士耳朵, 耳聾, 聽不見, 聽力, 聽障人士
Names in 81 more languages
Afrikaansdowe persoon
Akanɛmum
Albanianperson i shurdhër
Amharicመስማት የተሳነው ሰው
Armenianխուլ անձ
Assameseবধিৰ ব্যক্তি
Azerbaijanikar şəxs
Bashkirһаңғырау кеше
Basquegorra
Belarusianглухі чалавек
Bosniangluha osoba
Bretonden bouzar
Bulgarianглух човек
Burmeseနားမကြားသောသူ
Cantonese聾人
Cantonese (Simplified)聋人
Catalanpersona sorda
CherokeeᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᏴᏫ
Chuvashхӑлхасӑр ҫын
Croatiangluha osoba
Czechhluchá osoba
Danishdøv person
Estoniankurt inimene
Faroesedeyvur persónur
Filipinotaong bingi
Finnishkuuro henkilö
Galicianpersoa xorda
Georgianყრუ ადამიანი
Gujaratiબધિર વ્યક્તિ
Hausakurma
Hungariansiket ember
Icelandicheyrnarlaus
Igboonye ntị chiri
Irishduine bodhar
Javanesewong budheg
Kannadaಕಿವಿ ಕೇಳದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
Kazakhсаңырау адам
Kazakh (Arabic)ساڭىراۋ ادام
Khmerមនុស្សថ្លង់
Konkaniभेड्डो व्यक्ती
Kyrgyzдүлөй киши
Laoຄົນ​ຫູ​ໜວກ
Latviannedzirdīga persona
Lithuaniankurčias žmogus
Lower Sorbiannjesłyšajuca wósoba
Macedonianглуво лице
Malayorang pekak
Malayalamബധിരനായ വ്യക്തി
Marathiबहिरी व्यक्ती
Mongolianдүлий хүн
Nepaliबहिरो मानिस
Nigerian PidginPẹ́sin Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia
Norwegiandøv person
Odiaବଧିର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
Oromonama duudaa
Pashtoکوڼ شخص
Punjabiਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
Quechualuqtʼu runa
Romanianpersoană surdă
Romanshpersuna surda
Scottish Gaelicneach bodhar
Serbianглува особа
Serbian (Latin)gluva osoba
Shanၵူၼ်းႁူၼူၵ်ႇ
Sindhiٻورو شخص
Sinhalaබිහිරි පුද්ගලයා
Slovaknepočujúci človek
Sloveniangluha oseba
Somaliqof dhagoole ah
Swahilikiziwi
Tamilகாது கேளாதவர்
Teluguచెవిటి వ్యక్తి
Tigrinyaጸማም ሰብ
Tongantokotaha tuli
Turkmenker adam
Upper Sorbianhłucha wosoba
Urduسماعت سے محروم شخص
Uzbekkar odam
Welshperson byddar
Yorubaodi
Zuluumuntu ongezwa

Codes

Code points
U+1F9CF
HTML
🧏
CSS
\1F9CF
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9CF}
Python
\U0001F9CF
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 8F
UTF-16
D83E DDCF
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%8F

Questions

What does the 🧏 deaf person emoji mean?

A person gesturing toward their ear. It is a go-to for representing deafness and people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and for posts about deaf culture, hearing loss and accessibility, such as captions and sign language.

How do I type the 🧏 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “deaf person”. 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_person:.

When was the 🧏 emoji added?

🧏 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

What is the Unicode code point for 🧏?

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

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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