# 👂 Ear emoji

👂 Ear is an emoji in the body parts set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: body, ears, hear, hearing, listen and listening.

- Emoji: 👂
- Unicode name: ear
- Code points: U+1F442
- Category: People & body, Body parts
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :ear:
- Keywords: body, ear, ears, hear, hearing, listen, listening, sound
- Page: https://emojichart.com/ear-emoji

## What it means

A human ear, shown from the side. Hearing, listening and sound are the themes. People pair it with 'I'm listening', requests to listen up, music and podcasts, and being 'all ears'.

## Skin tones

- 👂🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ear-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F442 U+1F3FB
- 👂🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ear-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F442 U+1F3FC
- 👂🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ear-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F442 U+1F3FD
- 👂🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ear-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F442 U+1F3FE
- 👂🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/ear-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F442 U+1F3FF

## How to type 👂

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “ear”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “ear”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “ear”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “ear”.
- GitHub: Type :ear: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | oreja | cuerpo, oreja |
| Français (fr) | oreille | corps, écouter, entendre, oreille, ouïe, son |
| Deutsch (de) | Ohr | hören, Körperteil, Ohr |
| Italiano (it) | orecchio | ascoltare, ascolto, corpo, orecchie, orecchio, sentire, sento, ti ascolto, ti sto ascoltando |
| Português (pt) | orelha | corpo, escutar, orelha, ouvido |
| Nederlands (nl) | oor | geluid, horen, lichaam, luisteren, oor |
| Svenska (sv) | öra | kropp, öra |
| Polski (pl) | ucho | ciało, słyszeć, ucho |
| Türkçe (tr) | kulak | dinlemek, gövde, gürültü, kulak, ses |
| Русский (ru) | ухо | звук, подслушивать, слушать, слышать, тело, ухо, человек |
| Українська (uk) | вухо | вухо, слухати, слухаю, тіло |
| Ελληνικά (el) | αυτί | ακοή, ακούω, αυτί, αυτιά, ήχος, σώμα |
| العربية (ar) | أذن | أذن, استماع, استمع, جسم, دينة, سمع, صوت |
| עברית (he) | אוזן | אוזן, הקשבה, כולי אוזן, להקשיב, לשמוע, צליל |
| فارسی (fa) | گوش | بدن, گوش |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कान | आवाज़, कान, शरीर, सुनना |
| বাংলা (bn) | কান | কান, শরীর |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | telinga | badan, dengar, kuping, mendengar, organ tubuh, suara, telinga, tubuh |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tai | âm thanh, cơ thể, nghe, tai |
| ไทย (th) | หู | ฟัง, หู, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 耳 | からだ, 耳, 聞き耳, 聞く |
| 한국어 (ko) | 귀 | 귀, 듣기, 리스닝, 몸, 소리 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 耳朵 | 仔细听, 听, 耳, 耳朵 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 耳朵 | 傾聽, 耳朵, 聽, 身體部位 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): oor
- Akan (ak): aso
- Albanian (sq): vesh
- Amharic (am): ጆሮ
- Anii (blo): gʊtɔ
- Armenian (hy): ականջ
- Assamese (as): কাণ
- Azerbaijani (az): qulaq
- Bashkir (ba): ҡолаҡ
- Basque (eu): belarri
- Belarusian (be): вуха
- Bosnian (bs): uho
- Breton (br): skouarn
- Bulgarian (bg): ухо
- Burmese (my): နားရွက်
- Cantonese (yue): 耳仔
- Catalan (ca): orella
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᎴᏂ
- Chuvash (cv): хӑлха
- Croatian (hr): uho
- Czech (cs): ucho
- Danish (da): øre
- Estonian (et): kõrv
- Faroese (fo): oyra
- Filipino (fil): tainga
- Finnish (fi): korva
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤲𞤮𞤬𞤪𞤵
- Galician (gl): orella
- Georgian (ka): ყური
- Gujarati (gu): કાન
- Hausa (ha): kunne
- Hungarian (hu): fül
- Icelandic (is): eyra
- Igbo (ig): nti
- Interlingua (ia): aure
- Irish (ga): cluas
- Javanese (jv): kuping
- Kalaallisut (kl): øre
- Kannada (kn): ಕಿವಿ
- Kazakh (kk): құлақ
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قۇلاق
- Khmer (km): ត្រចៀក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ugutwi
- Konkani (kok): कान
- Kyrgyz (ky): кулак
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Xikinaj
- Lao (lo): ຫູ
- Latvian (lv): auss
- Lithuanian (lt): ausis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wucho
- Luxembourgish (lb): Ouer
- Macedonian (mk): уво
- Malay (ms): telinga
- Malayalam (ml): ചെവി
- Maltese (mt): widna
- Marathi (mr): कान
- Mongolian (mn): чих
- Māori (mi): taringa
- Nepali (ne): कान
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ia
- Northern Sotho (nso): tsebe
- Norwegian (no): øre
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): øyre
- Odia (or): କାନ
- Oromo (om): gurra
- Pashto (ps): غوږ
- Punjabi (pa): ਕੰਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کان
- Quechua (qu): ninri
- Romanian (ro): ureche
- Romansh (rm): ureglia
- Sardinian (sc): origra
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cluas
- Serbian (sr): уво
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): uvo
- Shan (shn): ႁူ
- Sindhi (sd): ڪن
- Sinhala (si): කණ
- Slovak (sk): ucho
- Slovenian (sl): uho
- Somali (so): dhagta
- Swahili (sw): sikio
- Tajik (tg): гуш
- Tamil (ta): காது
- Telugu (te): చెవి
- Tigrinya (ti): እዝኒ
- Tongan (to): telinga
- Tswana (tn): tsebe
- Turkmen (tk): gulak
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wucho
- Urdu (ur): کان
- Uyghur (ug): قۇلاق
- Uzbek (uz): quloq
- Welsh (cy): clust
- Wolof (wo): nopp
- Xhosa (xh): indlebe
- Yoruba (yo): Etí
- Zulu (zu): indlebe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F442` |
| HTML | `👂` |
| CSS | `\1F442` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F442}` |
| Python | `\U0001F442` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 82` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC42` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%82` |

## Questions

### What does the 👂 ear emoji mean?

A human ear, shown from the side. Hearing, listening and sound are the themes. People pair it with 'I'm listening', requests to listen up, music and podcasts, and being 'all ears'.

### How do I type the 👂 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “ear”. 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 :ear:.

### When was the 👂 emoji added?

👂 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 👂?

U+1F442. In HTML you can write 👂, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F442}.

### 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/ear-emoji