Emoji 12
deaf man: medium-dark skin tone
Also known as accessibility, deaf, ear, gesture, hear
A man with medium-dark skin tone raising a hand to his ear to represent deafness or accessibility.
Unicode U+1F9CF U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F Added in Emoji 12 Category people & body Subcategory gestures
Meaning
This emoji represents a deaf man with medium-dark skin tone. It is used in discussions of deaf culture, hearing loss, accessibility, and sign language. People may also use it to indicate that they cannot hear something.
Unicode name
The official Unicode name is deaf man: medium-dark skin tone, representing a man with medium-dark skin tone making a deafness-related gesture.
Platform designs
Apple
Apple depicts a medium-dark-skinned man with a hand held to the side of his head near the ear.
Google
Google Noto shows a medium-dark-skinned man with a hand placed near his ear, palm facing inward.
Twitter
Twitter Twemoji shows a medium-dark-skinned man with one hand raised to his ear in a deaf gesture.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
