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A single human ear. May be used in the context of listening, or hearing something. Just like the eyes, foot, and other emojis, this emoji is also a representation of one of the most crucial body parts of human body. It indicates an ear whose image is taken from the side. A human ear is shown which can be a representation of hearing, focusing on something, or paying attention to what someone says. Its versatility is known worldwide due to massive use of the same in different memes, posts, and descriptions.

HISTORY:

Under the Unicode 6.1 in the year 2010, the introduction of the Ear emoji was done. Even if the importance of using this emoji to represent the body part was not recognized in the early stage, its evolution took rapid turn and since then, this emoji is widely used and never looked back till today.

USES:

For communicating sarcastic or even genuine phrases such as β€œDid you hear that?”, β€œAre you even listening to me”, etc., the use of Ear emoji can be done.

Name Ear
Codepoint U+1F442
Unicode Ear
Apple Name Ear
Android Name
Shortcode :ear: (GitHub, Slack, Discord)

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