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🧏🏽U+1F9CF U+1F3FD

Deaf person emoji: medium skin tone

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

Unicode name
deaf person: medium skin tone
Category
People & body, Gestures
Added
Emoji 12.0 in 2019
Code points
U+1F9CF U+1F3FD
Base emoji
🧏 Deaf person

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.

How it looks

🧏🏽
Your device
Deaf person emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in Noto Color Emoji by Google
Noto Color Emoji
Deaf person emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in Twemoji by Twitter, Inc. and other contributors
Twemoji
Deaf person emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in OpenMoji by OpenMoji, the open-source emoji and icon project
OpenMoji

Other skin tones

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

What it's made of

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

  1. 🧏Deaf personU+1F9CF
  2. 🏽Medium skin toneU+1F3FD

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpersona sorda: tono de piel medioaccesibilidad, escuchar, oído, oír, persona sorda, sordera, tono de piel medio
Françaispersonne sourde : peau légèrement mateaccessibilité, entendre, malentendant, oreille, peau légèrement mate, personne sourde, sourd, surdité
Deutschgehörlose Person: mittlere HautfarbeBarrierefreiheit, gehörlos, hören, mittlere Hautfarbe, Ohr, Person, schwerhörig, taub
Italianopersona con problemi di udito: carnagione olivastraaccessibilità, carnagione olivastra, difficoltà uditive, non sentire, orecchio, persona, persona con problemi di udito, problemi di udito, sordità, sordo, udito
Portuguêspessoa surda: pele morenaacessibilidade, audição, orelha, pele morena, pessoa surda, surda, surdo, surdos
Nederlandsdoof persoon: getinte huidskleurdoof, doof persoon, getinte huidskleur, horen, oor, slechthorend, toegankelijkheid
Svenskahörselskadad person: mellanfärgad hydöv, hörsel, hörselskadad person, mellanfärgad hy, öra, tillgänglighet
Polskiosoba głucha: karnacja średniadostępność, głuchota, karnacja średnia, osoba głucha, słuch, ucho
Türkçeişitme engelli kişi: orta cilt tonuduyma, erişilebilirlik, işitme, işitme engelli, işitme engelli kişi, kulak, orta cilt tonu
Русскийглухой человек: средний тон кожиглухой, жестов, немой, слышать, средний тон кожи, сурдопереводчик, ухо, язык
Українськалюдина з порушенням слуху: помірний тон шкіривада слуху, глухота, доступність, людина з порушенням слуху, помірний тон шкіри, слух, спеціальні можливості, чути
Ελληνικάκωφό άτομο: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματοςακοή, απώλεια ακοής, αυτί, κωφό άτομο, κωφός, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, προσβασιμότητα
العربيةشخص أصم: بشرة بلون معتدلأذن, أصم, إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, بشرة بلون معتدل, سماع, شخص أصم, صمم, ضعف السمع, ضعيف السمع, لا أسمعك, ينصت
עבריתכבד שמיעה: גוון עור בינוניגוון עור בינוני, חירש, כבד שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות
فارسیآدم ناشنوا: پوست طلاییآدم ناشنوا, پوست طلایی, دسترس‌پذیری, شنیدن, قابلیت دسترسی, کر, گوش, ناشنوا
हिन्दीबहरा व्यक्ति: गेहुँआ त्वचाकान, कान से सुनना, गेहुँआ त्वचा, दिव्यांग, दिव्यांग व्यक्ति, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरा व्यक्ति, बहरापन, सुनना, सुनाई नहीं देता
বাংলাকানে কালা ব্যক্তি: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙঅ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, কান, কানে কম শোনে, কানে কালা, কানে কালা ব্যক্তি, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, শুনতে পায় না, শোনা
Bahasa Indonesiaorang tuli: warna kulit sedangaksesibilitas, dengar, kuping, mendengar, orang tuli, telinga, tuli, tunarungu, warna kulit sedang
Tiếng Việtngười khiếm thính: màu da trung bìnhđiếc, hỗ trợ tiếp cận, khiếm thính, màu da trung bình, nghe, người khiếm thính, tai
ไทยคนหูหนวก: โทนผิวสีเหลืองการเข้าถึง, คน, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, พิการ, ฟัง, ไม่ได้ยิน, หูหนวก
日本語耳の不自由な人: 中間の肌色アクセシビリティ, 中間の肌色, 人, 耳の不自由な人, 聞こえない, 聴覚, 障がい
한국어청각 장애가 있는 사람: 갈색 피부갈색 피부, 귀, 접근성, 청각 장애가 있는 사람, 청각장애, 청각장애인, 청력
中文(简体)失聪者: 中等肤色中等肤色, 听力, 听力障碍, 听障, 失聪者, 无障碍, 耳朵, 耳聋, 聋
中文(繁體)聽障人士:淺褐皮膚淺褐皮膚, 耳朵, 耳聾, 聽不見, 聽力, 聽障人士
Names in 89 more languages
Afrikaansdowe persoon: medium velkleur
Akanɛmum: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
Albanianperson i shurdhër: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
Amharicመስማት የተሳነው ሰው: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
Armenianխուլ անձ․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
Assameseবধিৰ ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijanikar şəxs: orta dəri tonu
Bashkirһаңғырау кеше: уртаса тән төҫө
Basquegorra: bitarteko azal-tonua
Belarusianглухі чалавек: сярэдні тон скуры
Bosniangluha osoba: umjerena boja kože
Bulgarianглух човек: средна на цвят кожа
Burmeseနားမကြားသောသူ − အသားလတ်ရောင်
Canadian Frenchpersonne sourde : peau légèrement mate
Cantonese聾人: 中膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)聋人: 中肤色
Catalanpersona sorda: pell morena
CherokeeᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᏴᏫ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)聽障人士:中等皮膚
Chuvashхӑлхасӑр ҫын: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
Croatiangluha osoba: maslinasta boja kože
Czechhluchá osoba: střední odstín pleti
Danishdøv person: medium teint
Estoniankurt inimene: keskmine nahatoon
European Portuguesepessoa surda: tipo de pele 4
Faroesedeyvur persónur: miðal húðarlitur
Filipinotaong bingi: katamtamang kulay ng balat
Finnishkuuro henkilö: tummanvaalea iho
Galicianpersoa xorda: ton de pel medio
Georgianყრუ ადამიანი: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
Gujaratiબધિર વ્યક્તિ: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausakurma: madaidaicin launin fata
Hindi (Latin)deaf person: medium skin
Hungariansiket ember: közepes bőrtónus
Icelandicheyrnarlaus: millihúðlitur
Igboonye ntị chiri: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
Irishduine bodhar: ton cnis meánach
Javanesewong budheg: kulit kuning
Kabyleamdan aɛeẓẓug: taglimt talemmast
Kannadaಕಿವಿ ಕೇಳದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakhсаңырау адам: 4-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)ساڭىراۋ ادام: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmerមនុស្សថ្លង់: សម្បុរស្រអែម
Konkaniभेड्डो व्यक्ती: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyzдүлөй киши: орточо
Laoຄົນ​ຫູ​ໜວກ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
Latviannedzirdīga persona: vidējs ādas tonis
Ligurianpersoña sorda: carnaxon cô d’öiva
Lithuaniankurčias žmogus: rusvos odos
Lower Sorbiannjesłyšajuca wósoba: wósrědna barwa kóže
Macedonianглуво лице: тип на кожа 4
Malayorang pekak: ton kulit sederhana
Malayalamബധിരനായ വ്യക്തി: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
Marathiबहिरी व्यक्ती: मध्यम त्वचा
Mongolianдүлий хүн: дунд зэргийн
Nepaliबहिरो मानिस: छालाको प्रकार-४
Nigerian PidginPẹ́sin Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
Norwegiandøv person: hudtype 4
Odiaବଧିର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromonama duudaa: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
Pashtoکوڼ شخص: غنم رنګه
Punjabiਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
Quechualuqtʼu runa: tunpa qara niraq
Romanianpersoană surdă: ton mediu al pielii
Romanshpersuna surda: pel media
Scottish Gaelicneach bodhar: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
Serbianглува особа: ни светла ни тамна кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)глува особа: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)gluva osoba: ni svetla ni tamna koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)gluva osoba: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
Shanၵူၼ်းႁူၼူၵ်ႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
Sindhiٻورو شخص: پڪو رنگ
Sinhalaබිහිරි පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
Slovaknepočujúci človek: stredný tón pleti
Sloveniangluha oseba: srednji ten kože
Somaliqof dhagoole ah: jidh nooc dhexe
Swahilikiziwi: ngozi ya kahawia
Tamilகாது கேளாதவர்: வகை 4
Teluguచెవిటి వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinyaጸማም ሰብ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
Tongantokotaha tuli: kili melomelo
Turkmenker adam: orta deri reňki
Upper Sorbianhłucha wosoba: srěnja barba kože
Urduسماعت سے محروم شخص: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
Uzbekkar odam: 4-teri turi
Welshperson byddar: arlliw croen canolog
Yorubaodi: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)odi: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
Zuluumuntu ongezwa: uhlobo-4

Codes

Code points
U+1F9CF U+1F3FD
HTML
🧏🏽
CSS
\1F9CF\1F3FD
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9CF}\u{1F3FD}
Python
\U0001F9CF\U0001F3FD
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 8F F0 9F 8F BD
UTF-16
D83E DDCF D83C DFFD
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%8F%F0%9F%8F%BD

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 skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🧏🏽 and 🧏?

🧏🏽 is the 🧏 deaf person emoji with medium skin tone. It's 🧏 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9CF U+1F3FD.

How do I type 🧏🏽?

Find 🧏 in your emoji keyboard by searching “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose medium 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+1F3FD. In HTML you can write 🧏🏽

When was 🧏🏽 added?

It was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.