👃🏿
nose: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F443 1F3FF
Description
A reddish-brown circular ear, typically symbolizing the sense of hearing or an act of listening. The skin tone modifier 1F3FF indicates a dark skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > body-parts
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, but contextually implies attention, listening, or sensitivity to sound.
Backstory
The Ear emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The inclusion of skin tone modifiers (like 1F3FF) began with Unicode 8.0 (2015) to allow for greater diversity in human-representing emojis.
Usage Examples
- Indicating listening: 'I'm all ears! 👂🏾'
- Talking about music: 'Listening to some chill beats 👂🏾'
- Referencing news: 'Did you hear the latest? 👂🏾'
- Asking for attention: 'Lend me your ear for a moment 👂🏾'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used in contexts related to music, hearing, news, or general listening.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often appears in discussions about eavesdropping or paying close attention.