🧏♂️ Deaf man emoji
HTML
🧏,8205,9794,65039;
Unicode
U+1F9CF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
What is 🧏♂️ called?
🧏♂️ is called the Deaf man emoji.
Also known as the Deaf man, man signing, or sign-language man emoji. “Hearing impaired” appears in older language, but many people prefer Deaf or hard of hearing as appropriate.
What does 🧏♂️ mean?
🧏♂️ is officially named deaf man. It represents a Deaf person or sign-language user who is a man and is used for Deaf identity, signed communication, and hearing accessibility.
Use it respectfully for Deaf culture, interpreters, sign language, access needs, or a person who is deaf. It does not literally depict a universal sign for “deaf,” because sign languages differ. Related choices include 🧏 Deaf person and 🧏♀️ Deaf woman.
Other meanings
It can mean a Deaf man, sign-language user, signed communication, Deaf culture, interpreter access, captions, hearing accessibility, or hearing loss.
Example Usage
He requested a sign-language interpreter 🧏♂️
The Deaf man leads today’s workshop 🧏♂️
More details
Officially named deaf man. Its fully qualified sequence is U+1F9CF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. It was introduced in Emoji 12.0. This ZWJ sequence combines deaf person with the male sign and supports skin-tone modifiers.
Related emoji
Gestures emojis
Visual description
A man-presenting person holds one hand near the ear and lower face.
The hand placement is the defining pose; appearance varies by platform and should not be read as one complete sign-language word.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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