nose: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F443 1F3FE
Description
An ear, facing horizontally, with a medium-dark skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > body-parts
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents hearing, listening, or the sense of sound. When combined with skin tone modifiers, it signifies a specific individual's ear or to personalize auditory references.
Backstory
The basic Ear emoji (U+1F443) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The skin tone modifiers (like U+1F3FE for medium-dark skin tone) were added later with Unicode 8.0 in 2015, allowing for more diverse and inclusive representation of people's physical attributes in digital communication.
Usage Examples
- Listening to music: 'New album just dropped, time for a listen! 👂🏾🎧'
- Paying attention: 'I'm all ears for your story 👂🏾'
- Referring to hearing: 'My ear is still ringing from the concert 👂🏾'
- Discussing something audible: 'Did you hear that sound? 👂🏾'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Frequently used in contexts related to listening to music, having an ear to the ground (being aware of news), or generally acknowledging the auditory sense.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often appearing in chats about conversations, gossip, or listening intently to advice or stories.