Deaf Person Emoji ๐Ÿง

A person gesturing with their index finger between ear and mouth used to signify the deaf sign in American Sign Language (ASL) and several other global sign languages.

๐Ÿง Deaf Person is a fully-qualified emoji, part of Unicode 12.0 , introduced in 2019, and was added to Emoji 12.0 .

This emoji is part of the People & Body and is grouped with other Person Gesture emojis. Part of the Unicode Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block. Introduced in 2019.

To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:

  • Copy and paste the Deaf Person emoji:

  • ๐Ÿง

Codes & Encoding for the Deaf Person Emoji

Click any code below to copy it to your clipboard.

  • CodepointU+1F9CF โœ“ Copied
  • HTML (decimal)🧏 โœ“ Copied
  • HTML (hex)🧏 โœ“ Copied
  • CSS\1F9CF โœ“ Copied
  • JavaScript\u{1F9CF} โœ“ Copied
  • URL-encoded%F0%9F%A7%8F โœ“ Copied
  • Shortcode:deaf_person: โœ“ Copied
  • Unicode block Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs

How to Type the Deaf Person Emoji

  • iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon โ†’ smiley)
  • Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
  • Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
  • macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
  • Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
  • Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
  • Slack Type :deaf_person: (autocompletes to the emoji)
  • Discord Type :deaf_person: (autocompletes to the emoji)

Deaf Person Emoji on Different Platforms

Skin Tone Variants of Deaf Person

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How to Use the Deaf Person Emoji

  • I'm deaf, so I use sign language. ๐Ÿง
  • Can you write that down? ๐Ÿง
  • I'm learning new signs. ๐Ÿง

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