# 🧏🏼 Deaf person emoji: medium-light skin tone

🧏🏼 is the deaf person emoji (🧏) with medium-light skin tone. It's 🧏 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019.

- Emoji: 🧏🏼
- Unicode name: deaf person: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9CF U+1F3FC
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- Base emoji: [🧏 Deaf person](https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-medium-light-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 🧏 [Deaf person](https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-emoji.md)
- 🧏🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FB
- 🧏🏽 [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

## What it's made of

🧏🏼 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧏 [Deaf person](https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-emoji.md) (U+1F9CF)
2. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)

## How to type 🧏🏼

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “deaf person”, then pick medium-light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona sorda: tono de piel claro medio | accesibilidad, escuchar, oído, oír, persona sorda, sordera, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | personne sourde : peau moyennement claire | accessibilité, entendre, malentendant, oreille, peau moyennement claire, personne sourde, sourd, surdité |
| Deutsch (de) | gehörlose Person: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Barrierefreiheit, gehörlos, hören, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Ohr, Person, schwerhörig, taub |
| Italiano (it) | persona con problemi di udito: carnagione abbastanza chiara | accessibilità, carnagione abbastanza chiara, difficoltà uditive, non sentire, orecchio, persona, persona con problemi di udito, problemi di udito, sordità, sordo, udito |
| Português (pt) | pessoa surda: pele morena clara | acessibilidade, audição, orelha, pele morena clara, pessoa surda, surda, surdo, surdos |
| Nederlands (nl) | doof persoon: lichtgetinte huidskleur | doof, doof persoon, horen, lichtgetinte huidskleur, oor, slechthorend, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | hörselskadad person: mellanljus hy | döv, hörsel, hörselskadad person, mellanljus hy, öra, tillgänglighet |
| Polski (pl) | osoba głucha: karnacja średnio jasna | dostępność, głuchota, karnacja średnio jasna, osoba głucha, słuch, ucho |
| Türkçe (tr) | işitme engelli kişi: orta açık cilt tonu | duyma, erişilebilirlik, işitme, işitme engelli, işitme engelli kişi, kulak, orta açık cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | глухой человек: светлый тон кожи | глухой, жестов, немой, светлый тон кожи, слышать, сурдопереводчик, ухо, язык |
| Українська (uk) | людина з порушенням слуху: помірно світлий тон шкіри | вада слуху, глухота, доступність, людина з порушенням слуху, помірно світлий тон шкіри, слух, спеціальні можливості, чути |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κωφό άτομο: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ακοή, απώλεια ακοής, αυτί, κωφό άτομο, κωφός, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, προσβασιμότητα |
| العربية (ar) | شخص أصم: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | أذن, أصم, إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, سماع, شخص أصم, صمم, ضعف السمع, ضعيف السمع, لا أسمعك, ينصت |
| עברית (he) | כבד שמיעה: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | גוון עור בהיר בינוני, חירש, כבד שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות |
| فارسی (fa) | آدم ناشنوا: پوست روشن | آدم ناشنوا, پوست روشن, دسترس‌پذیری, شنیدن, قابلیت دسترسی, کر, گوش, ناشنوا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बहरा व्यक्ति: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | कान, कान से सुनना, दिव्यांग, दिव्यांग व्यक्ति, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरा व्यक्ति, बहरापन, सुनना, सुनाई नहीं देता, हल्की गोरी त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | কানে কালা ব্যক্তি: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, কান, কানে কম শোনে, কানে কালা, কানে কালা ব্যক্তি, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, শুনতে পায় না, শোনা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang tuli: warna kulit cerah-sedang | aksesibilitas, dengar, kuping, mendengar, orang tuli, telinga, tuli, tunarungu, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người khiếm thính: màu da sáng trung bình | điếc, hỗ trợ tiếp cận, khiếm thính, màu da sáng trung bình, nghe, người khiếm thính, tai |
| ไทย (th) | คนหูหนวก: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | การเข้าถึง, คน, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, พิการ, ฟัง, ไม่ได้ยิน, หูหนวก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 耳の不自由な人: やや薄い肌色 | アクセシビリティ, やや薄い肌色, 人, 耳の不自由な人, 聞こえない, 聴覚, 障がい |
| 한국어 (ko) | 청각 장애가 있는 사람: 연한 갈색 피부 | 귀, 연한 갈색 피부, 접근성, 청각 장애가 있는 사람, 청각장애, 청각장애인, 청력 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 失聪者: 中等-浅肤色 | 中等-浅肤色, 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：黃皮膚 | 耳朵, 耳聾, 聽不見, 聽力, 聽障人士, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dowe persoon: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): ɛmum: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): person i shurdhër: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): መስማት የተሳነው ሰው: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): խուլ անձ․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বধিৰ ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): kar şəxs: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һаңғырау кеше: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gorra: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): глухі чалавек: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): gluha osoba: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): глух човек: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): နားမကြားသောသူ − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne sourde : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 聾人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 聋人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona sorda: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᏴᏫ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлхасӑр ҫын: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): gluha osoba: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): hluchá osoba: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): døv person: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): kurt inimene: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa surda: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): deyvur persónur: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): taong bingi: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kuuro henkilö: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): persoa xorda: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): ყრუ ადამიანი: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બધિર વ્યક્તિ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): kurma: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): deaf person: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): siket ember: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): heyrnarlaus: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye ntị chiri: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): duine bodhar: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong budheg: kulit putih langsep
- Kabyle (kab): amdan aɛeẓẓug: tagwlimt taceɛlalt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವಿ ಕೇಳದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): саңырау адам: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساڭىراۋ ادام: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សថ្លង់: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Konkani (kok): भेड्डो व्यक्ती: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): дүлөй киши: буудай жүздүү
- Lao (lo): ຄົນ​ຫູ​ໜວກ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): nedzirdīga persona: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña sorda: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): kurčias žmogus: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): njesłyšajuca wósoba: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Macedonian (mk): глуво лице: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): orang pekak: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): ബധിരനായ വ്യക്തി: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Marathi (mr): बहिरी व्यक्ती: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): дүлий хүн: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Nepali (ne): बहिरो मानिस: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Norwegian (no): døv person: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ବଧିର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama duudaa: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): کوڼ شخص: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): luqtʼu runa: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană surdă: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna surda: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach bodhar: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): глува особа: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): глува особа: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gluva osoba: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): gluva osoba: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းႁူၼူၵ်ႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): ٻورو شخص: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): බිහිරි පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): nepočujúci človek: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): gluha oseba: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof dhagoole ah: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): kiziwi: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tamil (ta): காது கேளாதவர்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): చెవిటి వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸማም ሰብ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha tuli: kili kelokelo
- Turkmen (tk): ker adam: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłucha wosoba: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سماعت سے محروم شخص: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uzbek (uz): kar odam: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person byddar: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Yoruba (yo): odi: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): odi: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ongezwa: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CF U+1F3FC` |
| HTML | `🧏🏼` |
| CSS | `\1F9CF\1F3FC` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CF}\u{1F3FC}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CF\U0001F3FC` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8F F0 9F 8F BC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCF D83C DFFC` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8F%F0%9F%8F%BC` |

## Questions

### What does 🧏🏼 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. 🧏🏼 shows it with medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🧏🏼 and 🧏?

🧏🏼 is the 🧏 deaf person emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🧏 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9CF U+1F3FC.

### How do I type 🧏🏼?

Find 🧏 in your emoji keyboard by searching “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🧏🏼?

U+1F9CF U+1F3FC. In HTML you can write 🧏🏼

### When was 🧏🏼 added?

It was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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