Ear: Dark Skin Tone
๐๐ฟ is the dark skin tone version of ๐ Ear. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.
Skin tones
Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- CLDR short name
- ear: dark skin tone
- Codepoint
- U+1F442 U+1F3FF
- Hex
- 1F442 1F3FF
- Emoji version
- 1.0
- Unicode version
- 8.0
- First released
- 2015
- Unicode group
- People & Body
- Unicode subgroup
- body-parts
- Skin tone
- dark
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Data verified 2026-10-21 ยท Unicode Emoji 16.0 ยท How this data is built
Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRbody ยท dark skin tone ยท ear ยท ears ยท hear ยท hearing ยท listen ยท listening ยท sound
How it looks

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Questions people ask
- What does the ๐๐ฟ ear: dark skin tone emoji mean?
- ๐๐ฟ is the dark skin tone version of ๐ Ear. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for ๐๐ฟ?
- U+1F442 U+1F3FF.
- When was the ๐๐ฟ ear: dark skin tone emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
- How do I type ๐๐ฟ on my phone or computer?
- On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for โearโ. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy ๐๐ฟ from this page with one click.
