# 🧏🏿‍♂️ Deaf man emoji: dark skin tone

🧏🏿‍♂️ is the deaf man emoji (🧏‍♂️) with dark skin tone. It's 🧏‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019.

- Emoji: 🧏🏿‍♂️
- Unicode name: deaf man: dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9CF U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- Base emoji: [🧏‍♂️ Deaf man](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Portrays a man gesturing toward his ear. It fits deaf or hard-of-hearing men and posts about deafness, hearing loss and communication access, such as captions and sign language.

## Other skin tones

- 🧏‍♂️ [Deaf man](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-emoji.md)
- 🧏🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-man-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🧏🏿‍♂️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧏 [Deaf person](https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-emoji.md) (U+1F9CF)
2. 🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FF)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🧏🏿‍♂️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre sordo: tono de piel oscuro | hombre, sordera, sordo, tono de piel oscuro |
| Français (fr) | homme sourd : peau foncée | accessibilité, entendre, homme sourd, malentendant, oreille, peau foncée, sourd |
| Deutsch (de) | gehörloser Mann: dunkle Hautfarbe | dunkle Hautfarbe, gehörlos, gehörloser Mann, Mann, taub |
| Italiano (it) | uomo con problemi di udito: carnagione scura | carnagione scura, sordità, sordo, uomo con difficoltà uditive, uomo con problemi di udito, uomo sordo |
| Português (pt) | homem surdo: pele escura | homem, pele escura, surdo |
| Nederlands (nl) | dove man: donkere huidskleur | donkere huidskleur, doof, gebaar, gebarentaal, horen, man, oor, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | hörselskadad man: mörk hy | dåligt, döv, gest, höra, man, mörk hy, öra, tillgänglighet |
| Polski (pl) | głuchy mężczyzna: karnacja ciemna | głuchota, głuchy mężczyzna, karnacja ciemna, mężczyzna |
| Türkçe (tr) | işitme engelli erkek: koyu cilt tonu | adam, erkek, işitme engelli, işitme engelli erkek, koyu cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | глухой мужчина: очень темный тон кожи | глухой, глухота, мужчина, очень темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік із порушенням слуху: темний тон шкіри | глухий, глухота, обмежені можливості, слух, темний тон шкіри, чоловік, чоловік із порушенням слуху |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κωφός άντρας: σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, κωφός, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος |
| العربية (ar) | رجل أصم: بشرة بلون غامق | أصم, بشرة بلون غامق, رجل, صمم |
| עברית (he) | איש כבד שמיעה: גוון עור כהה | איש כבד שמיעה, גוון עור כהה, חירש, כבד שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد ناشنوا: پوست آبنوسی | پوست آبنوسی, مرد, ناشنوا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बहरा आदमी: साँवली त्वचा | कान, कान से सुनना, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरा आदमी, साँवली त्वचा, सुनना |
| বাংলা (bn) | কানে কম শোনা ব্যক্তি: কালো ত্বকের রঙ | কানে কম শোনা ব্যক্তি, কানে কালা, কালো ত্বকের রঙ, পুরুষ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria tuli: warna kulit gelap | lelaki, pria, tuli, tunarungu, warna kulit gelap |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông khiếm thính: màu da tối | điếc, khiếm thính, màu da tối, người đàn ông, người đàn ông khiếm thính |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายหูหนวก: โทนผิวสีเข้ม | โทนผิวสีเข้ม, ผู้ชาย, ผู้ชายหูหนวก, หูหนวก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 耳の不自由な男性: 濃い肌色 | アクセシビリティ, 濃い肌色, 男性, 耳の不自由な男性, 聴覚, 障がい |
| 한국어 (ko) | 청각장애가 있는 남자: 검은색 피부 | 검은색 피부, 남자, 청각장애, 청각장애가 있는 남자 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 失聪的男人: 较深肤色 | 听力障碍, 失聪的男人, 男, 耳朵, 聋, 较深肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 聽障男子：黑皮膚 | 男, 聽障, 聽障男子, 黑皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dowe man: donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): mum barima: wedeε ani tuntum
- Albanian (sq): burrë i shurdhër: nuancë lëkure e errët
- Amharic (am): ደንቆሮ ሰው: የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
- Armenian (hy): խուլ տղամարդ․ մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বধিৰ পুৰুষ: ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): kar kişi: tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һаңғырау ир: ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gizon gorra: 6. mota
- Belarusian (be): глухі мужчына: цёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): gluh muškarac: tamna boja kože
- Breton (br): paotr bouzar : krocʼhen teñval
- Bulgarian (bg): глух мъж: тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): နားမကြားသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားမည်းရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme sourd : peau foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 聾嘅男人: 深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 聋嘅男人: 深肤色
- Catalan (ca): home sord: pell molt fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ: ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聽障男人：黑皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлхасӑр арҫын: сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): gluhi muškarac: tamno smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): hluchý muž: tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): døv mand: mørk teint
- Estonian (et): kurt mees: tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem surdo: tipo de pele 6
- Faroese (fo): deyvur maður: myrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking bingi: dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kuuro mies: tumma iho
- Galician (gl): home xordo: ton de pel moi escuro
- Georgian (ka): ყრუ კაცი: კანის მუქი ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બધિર પુરુષ: ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namijin kurma: launin fata mai duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): sun na paane wala aadmi: dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): siket férfi: sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): heyrnarlaus karl: dökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke ntị chiri: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
- Irish (ga): fear bodhar: ton cnis dorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang budheg: kulit ireng
- Kabyle (kab): argaz aεeẓẓug: taglimt tubrikt
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವುಡ: ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): саңырау еркек: 6-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساڭىراۋ ەركەك: 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សប្រុសថ្លង់: សម្បុរខ្មៅ
- Konkani (kok): भेड्डो मनीस: गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): дүлөй адам: кара
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້​ຊາຍຫູ​ໜວກ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
- Latvian (lv): nedzirdīgs vīrietis: tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo sordo: carnaxon scua
- Lithuanian (lt): kurčias vyras: itin tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): njesłyšajucy muski: śamna barwa kóže
- Macedonian (mk): глув маж: тип на кожа 6
- Malay (ms): lelaki pekak: ton kulit gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ബധിരൻ: ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Marathi (mr): बहिरा माणूस: काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): дүлий эрэгтэй: бор
- Nepali (ne): बहिरो पुरुष: छालाको प्रकार-६
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia: Dák Skín Ton
- Norwegian (no): døv mann: hudtype 6
- Odia (or): ବଧିର ପୁରୁଷ: ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira duudaa: toonii gogaa gurraachaa
- Pashto (ps): کوڼ سړی: تور پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਆਦਮੀ: ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): ruqtʼu runa: yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat surd: ton închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um surd: pel stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine bodhar: tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): глув човек: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): глув човјек: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gluv čovek: tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): gluv čovjek: tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးႁူၼူၵ်ႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ٻوڙو ماڻهو: ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): බිහිරි මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
- Slovak (sk): nepočujúci muž: tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): gluh moški: temen ten kože
- Somali (so): nin dhagoole ah: jidh madaw
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume kiziwi: ngozi nyeusi
- Tamil (ta): கேட்கும் திறன் இல்லாத ஆண்: வகை 6
- Telugu (te): చెవిటివాడు: ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸማም ሰብኣይ፦ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tangata tuli: kili ʻuliʻuli
- Turkmen (tk): ker erkek: goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłuchi muž: ćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سماعت سے محروم مرد: جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
- Uzbek (uz): kar erkak: 6-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn byddar: arlliw croen tywyll
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin adití: adúláwọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin adití: adúláwɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): indoda engezwa: uhlobo-6

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CF U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧏🏿‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F9CF\1F3FF\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CF}\u{1F3FF}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CF\U0001F3FF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8F F0 9F 8F BF E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCF D83C DFFF 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8F%F0%9F%8F%BF%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🧏🏿‍♂️ mean?

Portrays a man gesturing toward his ear. It fits deaf or hard-of-hearing men and posts about deafness, hearing loss and communication access, such as captions and sign language. 🧏🏿‍♂️ shows it with dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🧏🏿‍♂️ and 🧏‍♂️?

🧏🏿‍♂️ is the 🧏‍♂️ deaf man emoji with dark skin tone. It's 🧏‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F9CF U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🧏🏿‍♂️?

Find 🧏‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “deaf man”, then press and hold it and choose 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+1F9CF U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧏🏿‍♂️

### When was 🧏🏿‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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