# 🧏🏻 Deaf person emoji: light skin tone

🧏🏻 is the deaf person emoji (🧏) with light skin tone. It's 🧏 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019.

- Emoji: 🧏🏻
- Unicode name: deaf person: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9CF U+1F3FB
- 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-light-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)
- 🧏🏼 [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
- 🧏🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FF

## 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. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)

## How to type 🧏🏻

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “deaf person”, then pick light 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 claro | accesibilidad, escuchar, oído, oír, persona sorda, sordera, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | personne sourde : peau claire | accessibilité, entendre, malentendant, oreille, peau claire, personne sourde, sourd, surdité |
| Deutsch (de) | gehörlose Person: helle Hautfarbe | Barrierefreiheit, gehörlos, helle Hautfarbe, hören, Ohr, Person, schwerhörig, taub |
| Italiano (it) | persona con problemi di udito: carnagione chiara | accessibilità, carnagione chiara, difficoltà uditive, non sentire, orecchio, persona, persona con problemi di udito, problemi di udito, sordità, sordo, udito |
| Português (pt) | pessoa surda: pele clara | acessibilidade, audição, orelha, pele clara, pessoa surda, surda, surdo, surdos |
| Nederlands (nl) | doof persoon: lichte huidskleur | doof, doof persoon, horen, lichte huidskleur, oor, slechthorend, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | hörselskadad person: ljus hy | döv, hörsel, hörselskadad person, ljus hy, öra, tillgänglighet |
| Polski (pl) | osoba głucha: karnacja jasna | dostępność, głuchota, karnacja jasna, osoba głucha, słuch, ucho |
| Türkçe (tr) | işitme engelli kişi: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, duyma, erişilebilirlik, işitme, işitme engelli, işitme engelli kişi, kulak |
| Русский (ru) | глухой человек: очень светлый тон кожи | глухой, жестов, немой, очень светлый тон кожи, слышать, сурдопереводчик, ухо, язык |
| Українська (uk) | людина з порушенням слуху: світлий тон шкіри | вада слуху, глухота, доступність, людина з порушенням слуху, світлий тон шкіри, слух, спеціальні можливості, чути |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κωφό άτομο: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ακοή, ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, απώλεια ακοής, αυτί, κωφό άτομο, κωφός, προσβασιμότητα |
| العربية (ar) | شخص أصم: بشرة بلون فاتح | أذن, أصم, إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, بشرة بلون فاتح, سماع, شخص أصم, صمم, ضعف السمع, ضعيف السمع, لا أسمعك, ينصت |
| עברית (he) | כבד שמיעה: גוון עור בהיר | גוון עור בהיר, חירש, כבד שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות |
| فارسی (fa) | آدم ناشنوا: پوست سفید | آدم ناشنوا, پوست سفید, دسترس‌پذیری, شنیدن, قابلیت دسترسی, کر, گوش, ناشنوا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बहरा व्यक्ति: गोरी त्वचा | कान, कान से सुनना, गोरी त्वचा, दिव्यांग, दिव्यांग व्यक्ति, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरा व्यक्ति, बहरापन, सुनना, सुनाई नहीं देता |
| বাংলা (bn) | কানে কালা ব্যক্তি: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, কান, কানে কম শোনে, কানে কালা, কানে কালা ব্যক্তি, শুনতে পায় না, শোনা, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang tuli: warna kulit cerah | aksesibilitas, dengar, kuping, mendengar, orang tuli, telinga, tuli, tunarungu, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người khiếm thính: màu da sáng | điếc, hỗ trợ tiếp cận, khiếm thính, màu da sáng, nghe, người khiếm thính, tai |
| ไทย (th) | คนหูหนวก: โทนผิวสีขาว | การเข้าถึง, คน, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีขาว, พิการ, ฟัง, ไม่ได้ยิน, หูหนวก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 耳の不自由な人: 薄い肌色 | アクセシビリティ, 人, 耳の不自由な人, 聞こえない, 聴覚, 薄い肌色, 障がい |
| 한국어 (ko) | 청각 장애가 있는 사람: 하얀 피부 | 귀, 접근성, 청각 장애가 있는 사람, 청각장애, 청각장애인, 청력, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 失聪者: 较浅肤色 | 听力, 听力障碍, 听障, 失聪者, 无障碍, 耳朵, 耳聋, 聋, 较浅肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 聽障人士：白皮膚 | 白皮膚, 耳朵, 耳聾, 聽不見, 聽力, 聽障人士 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dowe persoon: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): ɛmum: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): person i shurdhër: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): መስማት የተሳነው ሰው: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): խուլ անձ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বধিৰ ব্যক্তি: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): kar şəxs: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һаңғырау кеше: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gorra: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): глухі чалавек: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): gluha osoba: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): глух човек: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): နားမကြားသောသူ − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne sourde : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 聾人: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 聋人: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona sorda: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᏴᏫ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлхасӑр ҫын: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): gluha osoba: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): hluchá osoba: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): døv person: lys teint
- Estonian (et): kurt inimene: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa surda: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): deyvur persónur: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): taong bingi: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kuuro henkilö: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): persoa xorda: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): ყრუ ადამიანი: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બધિર વ્યક્તિ: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): kurma: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): deaf person: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): siket ember: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): heyrnarlaus: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye ntị chiri: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): duine bodhar: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): wong budheg: kulit putih
- Kabyle (kab): amdan aɛeẓẓug: taglimt taceɛlalt
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವಿ ಕೇಳದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): саңырау адам: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساڭىراۋ ادام: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សថ្លង់: សម្បុរស
- Konkani (kok): भेड्डो व्यक्ती: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): дүлөй киши: акжуумал
- Lao (lo): ຄົນ​ຫູ​ໜວກ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): nedzirdīga persona: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña sorda: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): kurčias žmogus: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): njesłyšajuca wósoba: swětła barwa kóže
- Macedonian (mk): глуво лице: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): orang pekak: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): ബധിരനായ വ്യക്തി: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Marathi (mr): बहिरी व्यक्ती: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): дүлий хүн: цайвар
- Nepali (ne): बहिरो मानिस: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia: Laít Skín Ton
- Norwegian (no): døv person: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ବଧିର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama duudaa: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): کوڼ شخص: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): luqtʼu runa: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană surdă: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna surda: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach bodhar: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): глува особа: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): глува особа: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gluva osoba: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): gluva osoba: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းႁူၼူၵ်ႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): ٻورو شخص: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): බිහිරි පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): nepočujúci človek: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): gluha oseba: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof dhagoole ah: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): kiziwi: ngozi nyeupe
- Tamil (ta): காது கேளாதவர்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): చెవిటి వ్యక్తి: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸማም ሰብ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha tuli: kili hinehina
- Turkmen (tk): ker adam: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłucha wosoba: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سماعت سے محروم شخص: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uzbek (uz): kar odam: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person byddar: arlliw croen golau
- Yoruba (yo): odi: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): odi: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ongezwa: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CF U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `🧏🏻` |
| CSS | `\1F9CF\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CF}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CF\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8F F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCF D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8F%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## 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 light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🧏🏻 and 🧏?

🧏🏻 is the 🧏 deaf person emoji with light skin tone. It's 🧏 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9CF U+1F3FB.

### How do I type 🧏🏻?

Find 🧏 in your emoji keyboard by searching “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose light 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+1F3FB. In HTML you can write 🧏🏻

### When was 🧏🏻 added?

It was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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