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
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
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | persona sorda | accesibilidad, escuchar, oído, oír, persona sorda, sordera |
| Français | personne sourde | accessibilité, entendre, malentendant, oreille, personne sourde, sourd, surdité |
| Deutsch | gehörlose Person | Barrierefreiheit, gehörlos, hören, Ohr, Person, schwerhörig, taub |
| Italiano | persona con problemi di udito | accessibilità, difficoltà uditive, non sentire, orecchio, persona, persona con problemi di udito, problemi di udito, sordità, sordo, udito |
| Português | pessoa surda | acessibilidade, audição, orelha, pessoa surda, surda, surdo, surdos |
| Nederlands | doof persoon | doof, doof persoon, horen, oor, slechthorend, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska | hörselskadad person | döv, hörsel, hörselskadad person, öra, tillgänglighet |
| Polski | osoba głucha | dostępność, głuchota, osoba głucha, słuch, ucho |
| Türkçe | işitme engelli kişi | duyma, erişilebilirlik, işitme, işitme engelli, işitme engelli kişi, kulak |
| Русский | глухой человек | глухой, жестов, немой, слышать, сурдопереводчик, ухо, язык |
| Українська | людина з порушенням слуху | вада слуху, глухота, доступність, людина з порушенням слуху, слух, спеціальні можливості, чути |
| Ελληνικά | κωφό άτομο | ακοή, απώλεια ακοής, αυτί, κωφό άτομο, κωφός, προσβασιμότητα |
| العربية | شخص أصم | أذن, أصم, إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, سماع, شخص أصم, صمم, ضعف السمع, ضعيف السمع, لا أسمعك, ينصت |
| עברית | כבד שמיעה | חירש, כבד שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות |
| فارسی | آدم ناشنوا | آدم ناشنوا, دسترسپذیری, شنیدن, قابلیت دسترسی, کر, گوش, ناشنوا |
| हिन्दी | बहरा व्यक्ति | कान, कान से सुनना, दिव्यांग, दिव्यांग व्यक्ति, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरा व्यक्ति, बहरापन, सुनना, सुनाई नहीं देता |
| বাংলা | কানে কালা ব্যক্তি | অ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, কান, কানে কম শোনে, কানে কালা, কানে কালা ব্যক্তি, শুনতে পায় না, শোনা |
| Bahasa Indonesia | orang tuli | aksesibilitas, dengar, kuping, mendengar, orang tuli, telinga, tuli, tunarungu |
| Tiếng Việt | người khiếm thính | điếc, hỗ trợ tiếp cận, khiếm thính, nghe, người khiếm thính, tai |
| ไทย | คนหูหนวก | การเข้าถึง, 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 |
| 한국어 | 청각 장애가 있는 사람 | 귀, 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
| Afrikaans | dowe persoon |
|---|---|
| Akan | ɛmum |
| Albanian | person i shurdhër |
| Amharic | መስማት የተሳነው ሰው |
| Armenian | խուլ անձ |
| Assamese | বধিৰ ব্যক্তি |
| Azerbaijani | kar şəxs |
| Bashkir | һаңғырау кеше |
| Basque | gorra |
| Belarusian | глухі чалавек |
| Bosnian | gluha osoba |
| Breton | den bouzar |
| Bulgarian | глух човек |
| Burmese | နားမကြားသောသူ |
| Cantonese | 聾人 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 聋人 |
| Catalan | persona sorda |
| Cherokee | ᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᏴᏫ |
| Chuvash | хӑлхасӑр ҫын |
| Croatian | gluha osoba |
| Czech | hluchá osoba |
| Danish | døv person |
| Estonian | kurt inimene |
| Faroese | deyvur persónur |
| Filipino | taong bingi |
| Finnish | kuuro henkilö |
| Galician | persoa xorda |
| Georgian | ყრუ ადამიანი |
| Gujarati | બધિર વ્યક્તિ |
| Hausa | kurma |
| Hungarian | siket ember |
| Icelandic | heyrnarlaus |
| Igbo | onye ntị chiri |
| Irish | duine bodhar |
| Javanese | wong budheg |
| Kannada | ಕಿವಿ ಕೇಳದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ |
| Kazakh | саңырау адам |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | ساڭىراۋ ادام |
| Khmer | មនុស្សថ្លង់ |
| Konkani | भेड्डो व्यक्ती |
| Kyrgyz | дүлөй киши |
| Lao | ຄົນຫູໜວກ |
| Latvian | nedzirdīga persona |
| Lithuanian | kurčias žmogus |
| Lower Sorbian | njesłyšajuca wósoba |
| Macedonian | глуво лице |
| Malay | orang pekak |
| Malayalam | ബധിരനായ വ്യക്തി |
| Marathi | बहिरी व्यक्ती |
| Mongolian | дүлий хүн |
| Nepali | बहिरो मानिस |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Pẹ́sin Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia |
| Norwegian | døv person |
| Odia | ବଧିର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି |
| Oromo | nama duudaa |
| Pashto | کوڼ شخص |
| Punjabi | ਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ |
| Quechua | luqtʼu runa |
| Romanian | persoană surdă |
| Romansh | persuna surda |
| Scottish Gaelic | neach bodhar |
| Serbian | глува особа |
| Serbian (Latin) | gluva osoba |
| Shan | ၵူၼ်းႁူၼူၵ်ႇ |
| Sindhi | ٻورو شخص |
| Sinhala | බිහිරි පුද්ගලයා |
| Slovak | nepočujúci človek |
| Slovenian | gluha oseba |
| Somali | qof dhagoole ah |
| Swahili | kiziwi |
| Tamil | காது கேளாதவர் |
| Telugu | చెవిటి వ్యక్తి |
| Tigrinya | ጸማም ሰብ |
| Tongan | tokotaha tuli |
| Turkmen | ker adam |
| Upper Sorbian | hłucha wosoba |
| Urdu | سماعت سے محروم شخص |
| Uzbek | kar odam |
| Welsh | person byddar |
| Yoruba | odi |
| Zulu | umuntu 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.
More gestures
- 🙍Person frowning
- 🙍♂️Man frowning
- 🙍♀️Woman frowning
- 🙎Person pouting
- 🙎♂️Man pouting
- 🙎♀️Woman pouting
- 🙅Person gesturing NO
- 🙅♂️Man gesturing NO
- 🙅♀️Woman gesturing NO
- 🙆Person gesturing OK
- 🙆♂️Man gesturing OK
- 🙆♀️Woman gesturing OK
- 💁Person tipping hand
- 💁♂️Man tipping hand
- 💁♀️Woman tipping hand
- 🙋Person raising hand
- 🙋♂️Man raising hand
- 🙋♀️Woman raising hand
- 🧏♂️Deaf man
- 🧏♀️Deaf woman
- 🙇Person bowing
- 🙇♂️Man bowing
- 🙇♀️Woman bowing
- 🤦Person facepalming
- 🤦♂️Man facepalming
- 🤦♀️Woman facepalming
- 🤷Person shrugging
- 🤷♂️Man shrugging
- 🤷♀️Woman shrugging