The ear: dark skin tone emoji is your go-to for “I’m listening,” “spill the tea,” or “I heard that, loud and clear.” It adds representation while signaling you’re tuned in—whether it’s to hot gossip, a voice note marathon, or that one friend who whispers like they’re narrating a thriller. It’s also great for “ear to the ground” moments, subtle eavesdropping jokes, or a cheeky “say it louder for the people in the back.” Pair it with 👀 for “I see and hear everything,” or with 🍵 and 🗣️ for maximum drama energy.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a single realistic ear in profile with a rich, deep-brown gradient, soft 3D shading, and crisp cartilage details—helix, antihelix, tragus, and a smooth lobe all clearly sculpted. No jewelry, no sound waves—just a clean, neutral ear that looks like it’s been lit for a product shot. The silhouette is instantly recognizable and feels natural next to text, like it’s leaning in for the tea.
In meme-land, it works for “my ears are burning,” “overheard at the office,” or ASMR/podcast thirst (“drop the episode already”). It can be flirty (“I’m all ears, babe”), sarcastic (“I’m listening… barely”), or dramatic when a leaked audio clip hits the timeline. Also perfect for those awkward moments when someone overshares and you’re like: noted, filed, and never un-heard.
The Ear emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3500 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Black Ear |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👂🏿 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👂🏿 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👂 🏿 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👂 🏿 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f442, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F442, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128066, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x82, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 82, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 202, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC42, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc42, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56386, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F442 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F442, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128066, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F442\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\x82\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC42\uD83C\uDFFF" |
