Deaf man emoji ๐งโโ๏ธ
Emoji 12.0 (2019) ยท U+1F9CF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐งโโ๏ธ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Deaf man ๐งโโ๏ธ is tagged with these keywords: accessibility, deaf, ear, gesture, hear, man.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing accessibility or deaf in the emoji search brings up ๐งโโ๏ธ.
Deaf man ๐งโโ๏ธ is one of 30 emoji in the people gesturing subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐ ๐โโ๏ธ ๐โโ๏ธ.
๐งโโ๏ธ comes in 5 skin tones, from ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ to ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will ๐งโโ๏ธ show on my friend's phone?
๐งโโ๏ธ was added in Emoji 12.0 (2019). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
What ๐งโโ๏ธ is made of
๐งโโ๏ธ is a sequence of 2 emoji: ๐ง deaf person + โ๏ธ male sign, glued together with the invisible zero width joiner (U+200D). A phone that does not know the combination shows the parts side by side.
How to type ๐งโโ๏ธ
Any emoji picker finds ๐งโโ๏ธ when you search for deaf man.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type deaf man.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type deaf man in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type deaf man.
Codes for developers
Deaf man ๐งโโ๏ธ is written with 4 code points: U+1F9CF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In UTF-8 it takes 13 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 5.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9CF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧏‍♂️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧏‍♂️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9CF \200D \2642 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9CF}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%8F%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 8F E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐งโโ๏ธ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | deaf man |
| Portuguรชs | homem surdo |
| Espaรฑol | hombre sordo |
| Italiano | uomo con problemi di udito |
| Franรงais | homme sourd |
| Deutsch | gehรถrloser Mann |
| Tรผrkรงe | iลitme engelli erkek |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pria tuli |
| Polski | gลuchy mฤลผczyzna |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะณะปัั ะพะน ะผัะถัะธะฝะฐ |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ่ณใฎไธ่ช็ฑใช็ทๆง |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์ฒญ๊ฐ์ฅ์ ๊ฐ ์๋ ๋จ์ |
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What does the deaf man emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐งโโ๏ธ "deaf man" and links it with accessibility, deaf, ear, gesture. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the people gesturing subgroup of people & body.
When was the deaf man emoji added?
In Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐งโโ๏ธ?
Yes. ๐งโโ๏ธ has these skin tones: ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.