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Deaf sign language

🧏 Deaf person

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🧏 Emoji meaning

I can’t hear anything! Attention, sign language, and listening.

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🧏 Meaning

I am deaf! A person moves the index finger between ear and mouth. In American sign language, the sign for deaf. 360 million people worldwide are hearing impaired or deaf, that is 0.1% of the total population.

Examples

Now pay attention! 🧏
I'm listening carefully. 🧏
Can you show me that again? 🧏

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Variants

Skin tones

gender

U+1F9CF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

Deaf man

Skin tones

gender

U+1F9CF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

Deaf woman

Skin tones

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Deaf person” was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 and added to Emoji 12.0.

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ gesture + person

Keywords removed

- deaf person

In the release of Emoji 12.0 and Unicode 12.0 in 2019 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ accessibility + deaf + deaf person + ear + hear

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Comments

(2) Comments

Vanessa 10/2/2025
Forgetfulness might show someone's feelings when they didn't intend to forget. It can also indicate that a person is stressed or has made a mistake.
Joe 4/20/2025
In slang, it also means 'mewing' or 'rizz', especially if paired with the 🤫 emoji.