# 🧏 Deaf person emoji

🧏 Deaf person 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 person
- Code points: U+1F9CF
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :deaf_person:
- Keywords: accessibility, deaf, ear, gesture, hear, person
- Page: https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Skin tones

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

## Emoji that include 🧏

- 🧏‍♂️ [Deaf man](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-emoji.md)
- 🧏‍♀️ [Deaf woman](https://emojichart.com/deaf-woman-emoji.md)

## 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 (es) | persona sorda | accesibilidad, escuchar, oído, oír, persona sorda, sordera |
| Français (fr) | personne sourde | accessibilité, entendre, malentendant, oreille, personne sourde, sourd, surdité |
| Deutsch (de) | gehörlose Person | Barrierefreiheit, gehörlos, hören, Ohr, Person, schwerhörig, taub |
| Italiano (it) | persona con problemi di udito | accessibilità, difficoltà uditive, non sentire, orecchio, persona, persona con problemi di udito, problemi di udito, sordità, sordo, udito |
| Português (pt) | pessoa surda | acessibilidade, audição, orelha, pessoa surda, surda, surdo, surdos |
| Nederlands (nl) | doof persoon | doof, doof persoon, horen, oor, slechthorend, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | hörselskadad person | döv, hörsel, hörselskadad person, öra, tillgänglighet |
| Polski (pl) | osoba głucha | dostępność, głuchota, osoba głucha, słuch, ucho |
| Türkçe (tr) | işitme engelli kişi | duyma, erişilebilirlik, işitme, işitme engelli, işitme engelli kişi, kulak |
| Русский (ru) | глухой человек | глухой, жестов, немой, слышать, сурдопереводчик, ухо, язык |
| Українська (uk) | людина з порушенням слуху | вада слуху, глухота, доступність, людина з порушенням слуху, слух, спеціальні можливості, чути |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κωφό άτομο | ακοή, απώλεια ακοής, αυτί, κωφό άτομο, κωφός, προσβασιμότητα |
| العربية (ar) | شخص أصم | أذن, أصم, إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, سماع, شخص أصم, صمم, ضعف السمع, ضعيف السمع, لا أسمعك, ينصت |
| עברית (he) | כבד שמיעה | חירש, כבד שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות |
| فارسی (fa) | آدم ناشنوا | آدم ناشنوا, دسترس‌پذیری, شنیدن, قابلیت دسترسی, کر, گوش, ناشنوا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बहरा व्यक्ति | कान, कान से सुनना, दिव्यांग, दिव्यांग व्यक्ति, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरा व्यक्ति, बहरापन, सुनना, सुनाई नहीं देता |
| বাংলা (bn) | কানে কালা ব্যক্তি | অ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, কান, কানে কম শোনে, কানে কালা, কানে কালা ব্যক্তি, শুনতে পায় না, শোনা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang tuli | aksesibilitas, dengar, kuping, mendengar, orang tuli, telinga, tuli, tunarungu |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người khiếm thính | điếc, hỗ trợ tiếp cận, khiếm thính, nghe, người khiếm thính, tai |
| ไทย (th) | คนหูหนวก | การเข้าถึง, คน, ท่าทาง, พิการ, ฟัง, ไม่ได้ยิน, หูหนวก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 (ko) | 청각 장애가 있는 사람 | 귀, 접근성, 청각 장애가 있는 사람, 청각장애, 청각장애인, 청력 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 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） (zh-Hant) | 聽障人士 | 耳朵, 耳聾, 聽不見, 聽力, 聽障人士 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dowe persoon
- Akan (ak): ɛmum
- Albanian (sq): person i shurdhër
- Amharic (am): መስማት የተሳነው ሰው
- Armenian (hy): խուլ անձ
- Assamese (as): বধিৰ ব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): kar şəxs
- Bashkir (ba): һаңғырау кеше
- Basque (eu): gorra
- Belarusian (be): глухі чалавек
- Bosnian (bs): gluha osoba
- Breton (br): den bouzar
- Bulgarian (bg): глух човек
- Burmese (my): နားမကြားသောသူ
- Cantonese (yue): 聾人
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 聋人
- Catalan (ca): persona sorda
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᏴᏫ
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлхасӑр ҫын
- Croatian (hr): gluha osoba
- Czech (cs): hluchá osoba
- Danish (da): døv person
- Estonian (et): kurt inimene
- Faroese (fo): deyvur persónur
- Filipino (fil): taong bingi
- Finnish (fi): kuuro henkilö
- Galician (gl): persoa xorda
- Georgian (ka): ყრუ ადამიანი
- Gujarati (gu): બધિર વ્યક્તિ
- Hausa (ha): kurma
- Hungarian (hu): siket ember
- Icelandic (is): heyrnarlaus
- Igbo (ig): onye ntị chiri
- Irish (ga): duine bodhar
- Javanese (jv): wong budheg
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವಿ ಕೇಳದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): саңырау адам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساڭىراۋ ادام
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សថ្លង់
- Konkani (kok): भेड्डो व्यक्ती
- Kyrgyz (ky): дүлөй киши
- Lao (lo): ຄົນ​ຫູ​ໜວກ
- Latvian (lv): nedzirdīga persona
- Lithuanian (lt): kurčias žmogus
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): njesłyšajuca wósoba
- Macedonian (mk): глуво лице
- Malay (ms): orang pekak
- Malayalam (ml): ബധിരനായ വ്യക്തി
- Marathi (mr): बहिरी व्यक्ती
- Mongolian (mn): дүлий хүн
- Nepali (ne): बहिरो मानिस
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia
- Norwegian (no): døv person
- Odia (or): ବଧିର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): nama duudaa
- Pashto (ps): کوڼ شخص
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
- Quechua (qu): luqtʼu runa
- Romanian (ro): persoană surdă
- Romansh (rm): persuna surda
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach bodhar
- Serbian (sr): глува особа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gluva osoba
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းႁူၼူၵ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ٻورو شخص
- Sinhala (si): බිහිරි පුද්ගලයා
- Slovak (sk): nepočujúci človek
- Slovenian (sl): gluha oseba
- Somali (so): qof dhagoole ah
- Swahili (sw): kiziwi
- Tamil (ta): காது கேளாதவர்
- Telugu (te): చెవిటి వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸማም ሰብ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha tuli
- Turkmen (tk): ker adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłucha wosoba
- Urdu (ur): سماعت سے محروم شخص
- Uzbek (uz): kar odam
- Welsh (cy): person byddar
- Yoruba (yo): odi
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ongezwa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-emoji