The ear emoji is your digital “I’m listening” button—perfect for when someone hints they’ve got tea and you’re leaning in like a podcast mic. It signals curiosity, eavesdropping energy, or a polite nudge to speak up, often tossed into chats with a wink of sarcasm when the volume (or drama) is not loud enough. People drop it during story times, ASMR talk, hot takes, and confession threads—basically anytime the timeline turns into an audio-friendly cliffhanger. It can even read flirty: a subtle “come whisper that to me.”
On Apple/iOS, it’s a left-facing, realistic human ear with soft 3D shading—clear helix curve, antihelix fold, neat little tragus, and a rounded lobe—skin tone modifiable and instantly recognizable. No jewelry, no extra props; just a clean, slightly glossy ear that looks ready to catch secrets. It pairs well with 🗣️, 🔊, 👀, or a teacup when you’re in “spill it” mode, and contrasts with the separate Ear with Hearing Aid emoji for accessibility contexts. In meme-speak, it’s the go-to for “I’m all ears,” “say it louder for the people in the back,” or the dramatic lean-in when the group chat gets spicy.
Definition
A human ear in the listening position. It means they are listening.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
606 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:ear:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Ear, Listen
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Facial Parts Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Facial Parts Symbols
Names & Annotations
EAR
Symbol Information
U+1F442 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-191
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#85 'Ear' 耳 U+E692 SJIS-F8F3 JIS-7844
KDDI
#318 耳 U+E5A5 SJIS-F7C2 JIS-7844
Softbank
#66 #old374 耳 U+E41B SJIS-FB5B
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e41b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E41B
Decimal Code Point(s)
58395
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x90 0x9B
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 90 9B
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 220 233
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE41B
UTF-16 Hex
e41b
UTF-16 Dec
58395
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E41B
UTF-32 Hex
E41B
UTF-32 Dec
58395
Python Src
u"\uE41B"
PHP Src
"\xee\x90\x9b"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE41B"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
👂
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
👂
Decimal HTML Entity
👂
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
👂
Hex Code Point(s)
1f442
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F442
Decimal Code Point(s)
128066
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x82
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 82
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 202
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC42
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc42
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56386
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F442
UTF-32 Hex
01F442
UTF-32 Dec
128066
Python Src
u"\U0001F442"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\x82"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC42"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
