Ear emoji ๐
Emoji 0.6 (2010) ยท U+1F442
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐ means
Ear ๐ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: body, ears, hear, hearing, listen, listening, sound.
Those words also drive emoji search: try body or ears on your phone to find ๐.
On the emoji keyboard, ๐ sits with the body parts (18 emoji) inside people & body, which has 390 emoji, for example ๐ฆป ๐ ๐ง ๐ซ.
You can send ๐ in 5 skin tones (๐๐ป to ๐๐ฟ) or in the default yellow; tap any of them above to copy it.
Will ๐ show on my friend's phone?
๐ has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type ๐
To find ๐ quickly, type ear into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type ear.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type ear in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type ear.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ๐ as one code point, U+1F442: 4 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F442 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 👂 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 👂 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F442"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F442} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%91%82 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 82 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
More emoji like this
All people & body emoji โQuestions people ask
What does the ear emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐ "ear" and links it with body, ears, hear, hearing. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the body parts subgroup of people & body.
When was the ear emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐?
Yes. ๐ has these skin tones: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. 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.