# 👂🏾 Ear emoji: medium-dark skin tone

👂🏾 is the ear emoji (👂) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 👂 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 👂🏾
- Unicode name: ear: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F442 U+1F3FE
- Category: People & body, Body parts
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [👂 Ear](https://emojichart.com/ear-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/ear-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A human ear, shown from the side. Hearing, listening and sound are the themes. People pair it with 'I'm listening', requests to listen up, music and podcasts, and being 'all ears'.

## Other skin tones

- 👂 [Ear](https://emojichart.com/ear-emoji.md)
- 👂🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ear-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F442 U+1F3FB
- 👂🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ear-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F442 U+1F3FC
- 👂🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ear-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F442 U+1F3FD
- 👂🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ear-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F442 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

👂🏾 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 👂 [Ear](https://emojichart.com/ear-emoji.md) (U+1F442)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## How to type 👂🏾

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | oreja: tono de piel oscuro medio | cuerpo, oreja, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | oreille : peau mate | corps, écouter, entendre, oreille, ouïe, peau mate, son |
| Deutsch (de) | Ohr: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | hören, Körperteil, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, Ohr |
| Italiano (it) | orecchio: carnagione abbastanza scura | ascoltare, ascolto, carnagione abbastanza scura, corpo, orecchie, orecchio, sentire, sento, ti ascolto, ti sto ascoltando |
| Português (pt) | orelha: pele morena escura | corpo, escutar, orelha, ouvido, pele morena escura |
| Nederlands (nl) | oor: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, geluid, horen, lichaam, luisteren, oor |
| Svenska (sv) | öra: mellanmörk hy | kropp, mellanmörk hy, öra |
| Polski (pl) | ucho: karnacja średnio ciemna | ciało, karnacja średnio ciemna, słyszeć, ucho |
| Türkçe (tr) | kulak: orta koyu cilt tonu | dinlemek, gövde, gürültü, kulak, orta koyu cilt tonu, ses |
| Русский (ru) | ухо: темный тон кожи | звук, подслушивать, слушать, слышать, тело, темный тон кожи, ухо, человек |
| Українська (uk) | вухо: помірно темний тон шкіри | вухо, помірно темний тон шкіри, слухати, слухаю, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | αυτί: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | ακοή, ακούω, αυτί, αυτιά, ήχος, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, σώμα |
| العربية (ar) | أذن: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | أذن, استماع, استمع, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, جسم, دينة, سمع, صوت |
| עברית (he) | אוזן: גוון עור כהה בינוני | אוזן, גוון עור כהה בינוני, הקשבה, כולי אוזן, להקשיב, לשמוע, צליל |
| فارسی (fa) | گوش: پوست گندمی | بدن, پوست گندمی, گوش |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कान: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | आवाज़, कान, शरीर, सुनना, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | কান: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | কান, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, শরীর |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | telinga: warna kulit gelap-sedang | badan, dengar, kuping, mendengar, organ tubuh, suara, telinga, tubuh, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tai: màu da tối trung bình | âm thanh, cơ thể, màu da tối trung bình, nghe, tai |
| ไทย (th) | หู: โทนผิวสีแทน | โทนผิวสีแทน, ฟัง, หู, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 耳: やや濃い肌色 | からだ, やや濃い肌色, 耳, 聞き耳, 聞く |
| 한국어 (ko) | 귀: 진한 갈색 피부 | 귀, 듣기, 리스닝, 몸, 소리, 진한 갈색 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 耳朵: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 仔细听, 听, 耳, 耳朵 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 耳朵：褐皮膚 | 傾聽, 耳朵, 聽, 褐皮膚, 身體部位 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): oor: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): aso: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): vesh: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ጆሮ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Anii (blo): gʊtɔ: mpǝu nɖono
- Armenian (hy): ականջ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): কাণ: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): qulaq: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ҡолаҡ: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): belarri: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): вуха: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): uho: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): ухо: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): နားရွက် − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): oreille : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 耳仔: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 耳仔: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): orella: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᎴᏂ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 耳朵：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлха: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): uho: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): ucho: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): øre: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): kõrv: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): orelha: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): oyra: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): tainga: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): korva: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): orella: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): ყური: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): કાન: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): kunne: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): ear: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): fül: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): eyra: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nti: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Interlingua (ia): aure: tono de pelle medio-obscur
- Irish (ga): cluas: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): kuping: kulit sawo mateng
- Kabyle (kab): ameẓẓuɣ: taglimt tubrikt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): құлақ: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قۇلاق: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ត្រចៀក: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ugutwi: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): कान: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): кулак: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Xikinaj: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຫູ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): auss: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): oegia: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): ausis: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wucho: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Ouer: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): уво: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): telinga: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ചെവി: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): widna: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): कान: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): чих: бордуу
- Māori (mi): taringa: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): कान: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ia: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): tsebe: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): øre: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): øyre: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): କାନ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): gurra: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): غوږ: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਕੰਨ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کان: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): ninri: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): ureche: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): ureglia: pel mez stgira
- Sardinian (sc): origra: pedde bastante iscura
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cluas: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): уво: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): uvo: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ႁူ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): ڪن: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): කණ: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): ucho: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): uho: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): dhagta: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): sikio: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): гуш: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): காது: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): చెవి: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): እዝኒ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): telinga: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): tsebe: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): gulak: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wucho: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): کان: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): قۇلاق: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): quloq: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): clust: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): nopp: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): indlebe: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Etí: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Etí: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): indlebe: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F442 U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `👂🏾` |
| CSS | `\1F442\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F442}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F442\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 82 F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC42 D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%82%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## Questions

### What does 👂🏾 mean?

A human ear, shown from the side. Hearing, listening and sound are the themes. People pair it with 'I'm listening', requests to listen up, music and podcasts, and being 'all ears'. 👂🏾 shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 👂🏾 and 👂?

👂🏾 is the 👂 ear emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 👂 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F442 U+1F3FE.

### How do I type 👂🏾?

Find 👂 in your emoji keyboard by searching “ear”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark 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+1F442 U+1F3FE. In HTML you can write 👂🏾

### When was 👂🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/ear-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji