# 🧏🏿 Deaf person emoji: dark skin tone

🧏🏿 is the deaf person 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 person: dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9CF U+1F3FF
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- Base emoji: [🧏 Deaf person](https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A person gesturing toward their ear. It is a go-to for representing deafness and people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and for posts about deaf culture, hearing loss and accessibility, such as captions and sign language.

## Other skin tones

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

## What it's made of

🧏🏿 is 2 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)

## How to type 🧏🏿

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona sorda: tono de piel oscuro | accesibilidad, escuchar, oído, oír, persona sorda, sordera, tono de piel oscuro |
| Français (fr) | personne sourde : peau foncée | accessibilité, entendre, malentendant, oreille, peau foncée, personne sourde, sourd, surdité |
| Deutsch (de) | gehörlose Person: dunkle Hautfarbe | Barrierefreiheit, dunkle Hautfarbe, gehörlos, hören, Ohr, Person, schwerhörig, taub |
| Italiano (it) | persona con problemi di udito: carnagione scura | accessibilità, carnagione scura, difficoltà uditive, non sentire, orecchio, persona, persona con problemi di udito, problemi di udito, sordità, sordo, udito |
| Português (pt) | pessoa surda: pele escura | acessibilidade, audição, orelha, pele escura, pessoa surda, surda, surdo, surdos |
| Nederlands (nl) | doof persoon: donkere huidskleur | donkere huidskleur, doof, doof persoon, horen, oor, slechthorend, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | hörselskadad person: mörk hy | döv, hörsel, hörselskadad person, mörk hy, öra, tillgänglighet |
| Polski (pl) | osoba głucha: karnacja ciemna | dostępność, głuchota, karnacja ciemna, osoba głucha, słuch, ucho |
| Türkçe (tr) | işitme engelli kişi: koyu cilt tonu | duyma, erişilebilirlik, işitme, işitme engelli, işitme engelli kişi, koyu cilt tonu, kulak |
| Русский (ru) | глухой человек: очень темный тон кожи | глухой, жестов, немой, очень темный тон кожи, слышать, сурдопереводчик, ухо, язык |
| Українська (uk) | людина з порушенням слуху: темний тон шкіри | вада слуху, глухота, доступність, людина з порушенням слуху, слух, спеціальні можливості, темний тон шкіри, чути |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κωφό άτομο: σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | ακοή, απώλεια ακοής, αυτί, κωφό άτομο, κωφός, προσβασιμότητα, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος |
| العربية (ar) | شخص أصم: بشرة بلون غامق | أذن, أصم, إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, بشرة بلون غامق, سماع, شخص أصم, صمم, ضعف السمع, ضعيف السمع, لا أسمعك, ينصت |
| עברית (he) | כבד שמיעה: גוון עור כהה | גוון עור כהה, חירש, כבד שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות |
| فارسی (fa) | آدم ناشنوا: پوست آبنوسی | آدم ناشنوا, پوست آبنوسی, دسترس‌پذیری, شنیدن, قابلیت دسترسی, کر, گوش, ناشنوا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बहरा व्यक्ति: साँवली त्वचा | कान, कान से सुनना, दिव्यांग, दिव्यांग व्यक्ति, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरा व्यक्ति, बहरापन, साँवली त्वचा, सुनना, सुनाई नहीं देता |
| বাংলা (bn) | কানে কালা ব্যক্তি: কালো ত্বকের রঙ | অ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, কান, কানে কম শোনে, কানে কালা, কানে কালা ব্যক্তি, কালো ত্বকের রঙ, শুনতে পায় না, শোনা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang tuli: warna kulit gelap | aksesibilitas, dengar, kuping, mendengar, orang tuli, telinga, tuli, tunarungu, warna kulit gelap |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người khiếm thính: màu da tối | điếc, hỗ trợ tiếp cận, khiếm thính, màu da tối, nghe, người khiếm thính, tai |
| ไทย (th) | คนหูหนวก: โทนผิวสีเข้ม | การเข้าถึง, คน, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีเข้ม, พิการ, ฟัง, ไม่ได้ยิน, หูหนวก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 耳の不自由な人: 濃い肌色 | アクセシビリティ, 人, 濃い肌色, 耳の不自由な人, 聞こえない, 聴覚, 障がい |
| 한국어 (ko) | 청각 장애가 있는 사람: 검은색 피부 | 검은색 피부, 귀, 접근성, 청각 장애가 있는 사람, 청각장애, 청각장애인, 청력 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 失聪者: 较深肤色 | 听力, 听力障碍, 听障, 失聪者, 无障碍, 耳朵, 耳聋, 聋, 较深肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 聽障人士：黑皮膚 | 耳朵, 耳聾, 聽不見, 聽力, 聽障人士, 黑皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dowe persoon: donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): ɛmum: wedeε ani tuntum
- Albanian (sq): person i shurdhër: nuancë lëkure e errët
- Amharic (am): መስማት የተሳነው ሰው: የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
- Armenian (hy): խուլ անձ․ մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বধিৰ ব্যক্তি: ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): kar şəxs: tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һаңғырау кеше: ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gorra: 6. mota
- Belarusian (be): глухі чалавек: цёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): gluha osoba: tamna boja kože
- Breton (br): den bouzar : krocʼhen teñval
- Bulgarian (bg): глух човек: тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): နားမကြားသောသူ − အသားမည်းရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne sourde : peau foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 聾人: 深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 聋人: 深肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona sorda: pell molt fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᏴᏫ: ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлхасӑр ҫын: сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): gluha osoba: tamno smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): hluchá osoba: tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): døv person: mørk teint
- Estonian (et): kurt inimene: tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa surda: tipo de pele 6
- Faroese (fo): deyvur persónur: myrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): taong bingi: dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kuuro henkilö: tumma iho
- Galician (gl): persoa xorda: ton de pel moi escuro
- Georgian (ka): ყრუ ადამიანი: კანის მუქი ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બધિર વ્યક્તિ: ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): kurma: launin fata mai duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): deaf person: dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): siket ember: sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): heyrnarlaus: dökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye ntị chiri: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
- Irish (ga): duine bodhar: ton cnis dorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong budheg: kulit ireng
- Kabyle (kab): amdan aɛeẓẓug: taglimt tubrikt
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವಿ ಕೇಳದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): саңырау адам: 6-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساڭىراۋ ادام: 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សថ្លង់: សម្បុរខ្មៅ
- Konkani (kok): भेड्डो व्यक्ती: गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): дүлөй киши: кара
- Lao (lo): ຄົນ​ຫູ​ໜວກ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
- Latvian (lv): nedzirdīga persona: tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña sorda: carnaxon scua
- Lithuanian (lt): kurčias žmogus: itin tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): njesłyšajuca wósoba: śamna barwa kóže
- Macedonian (mk): глуво лице: тип на кожа 6
- Malay (ms): orang pekak: ton kulit gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ബധിരനായ വ്യക്തി: ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Marathi (mr): बहिरी व्यक्ती: काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): дүлий хүн: бор
- Nepali (ne): बहिरो मानिस: छालाको प्रकार-६
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia: Dák Skín Ton
- Norwegian (no): døv person: hudtype 6
- Odia (or): ବଧିର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama duudaa: toonii gogaa gurraachaa
- Pashto (ps): کوڼ شخص: تور پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): luqtʼu runa: yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană surdă: ton închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna surda: pel stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach bodhar: tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): глува особа: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gluva osoba: tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းႁူၼူၵ်ႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ٻورو شخص: ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): බිහිරි පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
- Slovak (sk): nepočujúci človek: tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): gluha oseba: temen ten kože
- Somali (so): qof dhagoole ah: jidh madaw
- Swahili (sw): kiziwi: ngozi nyeusi
- Tamil (ta): காது கேளாதவர்: வகை 6
- Telugu (te): చెవిటి వ్యక్తి: ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸማም ሰብ፦ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha tuli: kili ʻuliʻuli
- Turkmen (tk): ker adam: goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłucha wosoba: ćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سماعت سے محروم شخص: جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
- Uzbek (uz): kar odam: 6-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person byddar: arlliw croen tywyll
- Yoruba (yo): odi: adúláwọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): odi: adúláwɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ongezwa: uhlobo-6

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CF U+1F3FF` |
| HTML | `🧏🏿` |
| CSS | `\1F9CF\1F3FF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CF}\u{1F3FF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CF\U0001F3FF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8F F0 9F 8F BF` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCF D83C DFFF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8F%F0%9F%8F%BF` |

## Questions

### What does 🧏🏿 mean?

A person gesturing toward their ear. It is a go-to for representing deafness and people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and for posts about deaf culture, hearing loss and accessibility, 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 person emoji with dark skin tone. It's 🧏 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9CF U+1F3FF.

### How do I type 🧏🏿?

Find 🧏 in your emoji keyboard by searching “deaf person”, 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. In HTML you can write 🧏🏿

### When was 🧏🏿 added?

It was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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