# 🧏🏾 Deaf person emoji: medium-dark skin tone

🧏🏾 is the deaf person emoji (🧏) with medium-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: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9CF U+1F3FE
- 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-medium-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
- 🧏🏿 [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. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## How to type 🧏🏾

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

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dowe persoon: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): ɛmum: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): person i shurdhër: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): መስማት የተሳነው ሰው: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): խուլ անձ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): বধিৰ ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): kar şəxs: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һаңғырау кеше: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gorra: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): глухі чалавек: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): gluha osoba: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): глух човек: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): နားမကြားသောသူ − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne sourde : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 聾人: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 聋人: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona sorda: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᏴᏫ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聽障人士：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлхасӑр ҫын: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): gluha osoba: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): hluchá osoba: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): døv person: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): kurt inimene: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa surda: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): deyvur persónur: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): taong bingi: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kuuro henkilö: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): persoa xorda: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): ყრუ ადამიანი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): બધિર વ્યક્તિ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): kurma: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): deaf person: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): siket ember: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): heyrnarlaus: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye ntị chiri: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): duine bodhar: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong budheg: kulit sawo mateng
- Kabyle (kab): amdan aɛeẓẓug: taglimt tubrikt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವಿ ಕೇಳದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): саңырау адам: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساڭىراۋ ادام: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សថ្លង់: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Konkani (kok): भेड्डो व्यक्ती: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): дүлөй киши: кара тору
- Lao (lo): ຄົນ​ຫູ​ໜວກ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): nedzirdīga persona: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña sorda: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): kurčias žmogus: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): njesłyšajuca wósoba: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Macedonian (mk): глуво лице: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): orang pekak: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ബധിരനായ വ്യക്തി: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Marathi (mr): बहिरी व्यक्ती: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): дүлий хүн: бордуу
- Nepali (ne): बहिरो मानिस: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Norwegian (no): døv person: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ବଧିର ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama duudaa: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): کوڼ شخص: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੋਲ਼ਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): luqtʼu runa: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană surdă: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna surda: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach bodhar: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): глува особа: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gluva osoba: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းႁူၼူၵ်ႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): ٻورو شخص: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): බිහිරි පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): nepočujúci človek: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): gluha oseba: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): qof dhagoole ah: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): kiziwi: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tamil (ta): காது கேளாதவர்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): చెవిటి వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸማም ሰብ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha tuli: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Turkmen (tk): ker adam: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłucha wosoba: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): سماعت سے محروم شخص: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uzbek (uz): kar odam: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person byddar: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Yoruba (yo): odi: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): odi: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umuntu ongezwa: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CF U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `🧏🏾` |
| CSS | `\1F9CF\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CF}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CF\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8F F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCF D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8F%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## 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 medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🧏🏾 is the 🧏 deaf person emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🧏 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9CF U+1F3FE.

### How do I type 🧏🏾?

Find 🧏 in your emoji keyboard by searching “deaf person”, then press and hold it and choose medium-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+1F3FE. In HTML you can write 🧏🏾

### When was 🧏🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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