# 🧏‍♀️ Deaf woman emoji

🧏‍♀️ Deaf woman is an emoji in the gestures set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: accessibility, ear, gesture and hear.

- Emoji: 🧏‍♀️
- Unicode name: deaf woman
- Code points: U+1F9CF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :deaf_woman:
- Keywords: accessibility, deaf, ear, gesture, hear, woman
- Page: https://emojichart.com/deaf-woman-emoji

## What it means

A woman gesturing toward her ear. You will see it for deaf or hard-of-hearing women, and in posts about deaf culture, hearing loss, sign language and accessibility.

## Skin tones

- 🧏🏻‍♀️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-woman-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏼‍♀️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-woman-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏽‍♀️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-woman-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏾‍♀️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-woman-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧏🏿‍♀️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/deaf-woman-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CF U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🧏‍♀️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧏 [Deaf person](https://emojichart.com/deaf-person-emoji.md) (U+1F9CF)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 U+FE0F)
4. 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 woman”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “deaf woman”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “deaf woman”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “deaf woman”.
- GitHub: Type :deaf_woman: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mujer sorda | mujer, sorda, sordera |
| Français (fr) | femme sourde | accessibilité, entendre, femme sourde, malentendant, oreille, sourd |
| Deutsch (de) | gehörlose Frau | Frau, gehörlos, gehörlose Frau, taub |
| Italiano (it) | donna con problemi di udito | donna con difficoltà uditive, donna con problemi di udito, donna sorda, sorda, sordità |
| Português (pt) | mulher surda | mulher, surda |
| Nederlands (nl) | dove vrouw | doof, gebaar, gebarentaal, horen, oor, toegankelijkheid, vrouw |
| Svenska (sv) | hörselskadad kvinna | döv, funktion, hörselskada, kvinna, nedsatt, öra |
| Polski (pl) | głucha kobieta | głucha kobieta, głuchota, kobieta |
| Türkçe (tr) | işitme engelli kadın | işitme engelli, işitme engelli kadın, kadın |
| Русский (ru) | глухая женщина | глухая, глухота, женщина |
| Українська (uk) | жінка з порушенням слуху | глуха, глухота, жінка, жінка з порушенням слуху, обмежені можливості, слух |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κωφή γυναίκα | γυναίκα, κωφή |
| العربية (ar) | سيدة صماء | سيدة, صماء, صمم |
| עברית (he) | אישה כבדת שמיעה | אישה כבדת שמיעה, חירשת, כבדת שמיעה, לקוי שמיעה, לקות שמיעה, נגישות |
| فارسی (fa) | زن ناشنوا | زن, ناشنوا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बहरी औरत | कान, कान से सुनना, न सुनना, बहरा, बहरी औरत, सुनना |
| বাংলা (bn) | কানে কালা মহিলা | কানে কালা, কানে কালা মহিলা, মহিলা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wanita tuli | perempuan, tuli, tunarungu, wanita |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người phụ nữ khiếm thính | điếc, khiếm thính, người phụ nữ, người phụ nữ khiếm thính |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้หญิงหูหนวก | ผู้หญิง, ผู้หญิงหูหนวก, หูหนวก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 耳の不自由な女性 | アクセシビリティ, 女性, 耳の不自由な女性, 聴覚, 障がい |
| 한국어 (ko) | 청각장애가 있는 여자 | 여자, 청각장애, 청각장애가 있는 여자 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 失聪的女人 | 听力障碍, 失聪的女人, 女, 耳朵, 聋 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 聽障女子 | 女, 聽障, 聽障女子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dowe vrou
- Akan (ak): ɔbaa mum
- Albanian (sq): grua e shurdhër
- Amharic (am): ደንቆሮ ሴት
- Armenian (hy): խուլ կին
- Assamese (as): বধিৰ মহিলা
- Azerbaijani (az): kar qadın
- Bashkir (ba): һаңғырау ҡатын
- Basque (eu): emakume gorra
- Belarusian (be): глухая жанчына
- Bosnian (bs): gluha žena
- Breton (br): placʼh vouzar
- Bulgarian (bg): глуха жена
- Burmese (my): နားမကြားသူ အမျိုးသမီး
- Cantonese (yue): 聾嘅女人
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 聋嘅女人
- Catalan (ca): dona sorda
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎵᎡᎾ ᎠᎨᏯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 聽障女人
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлхасӑр хӗрарӑм
- Croatian (hr): gluha žena
- Czech (cs): hluchá žena
- Danish (da): døv kvinde
- Estonian (et): kurt naine
- Faroese (fo): deyv kvinna
- Filipino (fil): babaeng bingi
- Finnish (fi): kuuro nainen
- Galician (gl): muller xorda
- Georgian (ka): ყრუ ქალი
- Gujarati (gu): બધિર સ્ત્રી
- Hausa (ha): kurman mace
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): sun na paane wali mahila
- Hungarian (hu): siket nő
- Icelandic (is): heyrnarlaus kona
- Igbo (ig): nwanyị ntị chiri
- Irish (ga): bean bhodhar
- Javanese (jv): wong wadon budheg
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವುಡ ಮಹಿಳೆ
- Kazakh (kk): саңырау әйел
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساڭىراۋ ايەل
- Khmer (km): ស្ត្រីថ្លង់
- Konkani (kok): भेड्डी बायल
- Kyrgyz (ky): дүлөй аял
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້​ຍິງ​ຫູ​ໜວກ
- Latvian (lv): nedzirdīga sieviete
- Ligurian (lij): dònna sorda
- Lithuanian (lt): kurčia moteris
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): njesłyšajuca žeńska
- Macedonian (mk): глува жена
- Malay (ms): perempuan pekak
- Malayalam (ml): ബധിര
- Marathi (mr): बहिरी महिला
- Mongolian (mn): дүлий эмэгтэй
- Nepali (ne): बहिरो महिला
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúman Wé Nọ́ Fít Hia
- Norwegian (no): døv kvinne
- Odia (or): ବଧିର ମହିଳା
- Oromo (om): dubartii duudaa
- Pashto (ps): کڼه ښځه
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੋਲ਼ੀ ਔਰਤ
- Quechua (qu): luqʼu warmi
- Romanian (ro): femeie surdă
- Romansh (rm): dunna surda
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): boireannach bodhar
- Serbian (sr): глува жена
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gluva žena
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈယိင်းႁူၼူၵ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ٻوڙي عورت
- Sinhala (si): බිහිරි කාන්තාව
- Slovak (sk): nepočujúca žena
- Slovenian (sl): gluha ženska
- Somali (so): naag dhagoole ah
- Swahili (sw): mwanamke kiziwi
- Tamil (ta): கேட்கும் திறன் இல்லாத பெண்
- Telugu (te): చెవిటి స్త్రీ
- Tigrinya (ti): ጽሙም ጓል ኣንስተይቲ
- Tongan (to): fefine tuli
- Turkmen (tk): ker zenan
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłucha žona
- Urdu (ur): بہری عورت
- Uzbek (uz): kar ayol
- Welsh (cy): menyw fyddar
- Yoruba (yo): obìnrin adití
- Zulu (zu): umama ongezwa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧏‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F9CF\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CF}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CF\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8F E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCF 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8F%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧏‍♀️ deaf woman emoji mean?

A woman gesturing toward her ear. You will see it for deaf or hard-of-hearing women, and in posts about deaf culture, hearing loss, sign language and accessibility.

### How do I type the 🧏‍♀️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “deaf woman”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :deaf_woman:.

### When was the 🧏‍♀️ emoji added?

🧏‍♀️ was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧏‍♀️?

U+1F9CF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧏‍♀️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9CF}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}.

### Does 🧏‍♀️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🧏🏻‍♀️ light, 🧏🏼‍♀️ medium-light, 🧏🏽‍♀️ medium, 🧏🏾‍♀️ medium-dark and 🧏🏿‍♀️ dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/deaf-woman-emoji