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A person gesturing with their index finger between ear and mouth, used as a deaf sign in American Sign Language (ASL) and a number of other global sign languages. See also ๐Ÿฆป Ear With Hearing Aid. To represent the personality and identity of a deaf person, the invention of this emoji has surely been a great stepping stone. Throughout the years, right from the introduction of this emoji till now, it has seen a lot of improvements and will continue to do so even in the future. The inclusivity of deaf person is represented the best with the help of this โ€œDeaf Personโ€ emoji for sure.

HISTORY:

Right from the introduction of the โ€œDeaf Personโ€ emoji till its continuing developments, this emoji is linked to the Unicode Consortium's ongoing efforts to keep expanding the diversity of the emoji world & its representative benefits. Also, the creation and introduction of this emoji was done as a type of conjunction with organizations that represent people with disabilities & to normalize the existence of such people.

USES:

The representation of this emoji helps to facilitate communication about accessibility and inclusion. Also, this emoji is used along with other emojis & texts (as content) to create much more audience involvement in the digital communication world.

Name Deaf Person
Codepoint U+1F9CF
Unicode Deaf Person
Apple Name Deaf Person
Android Name
Shortcode :deaf_person: (GitHub, Slack, Discord)

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