ð
What ð means
One single human ear, available in the designated skin tones almost across all platforms. This emoji indicates listening, hearing, lending a listening ear, paying attention, staying vigilant, being alert, etc. It also evokes a sense of comfort, trust, and loyalty.
How and when to use it
- If your best friend pings you about something big and dramatic that happened (or anything at all), send the ð emoji to say that you're all ears, and hers too.
- ð can be used to show that you have an aching ear or that you're going to the doc with someone who does.
- If you've been listening or in other words, reading a casual conversation carefully, you can pop in the ð now and then to indicate that you're still there.
- If you're heading out and someone younger (or older) is back at home, send them a text to stay alert along with the ð emoji to bring in a relaxed vibe as opposed to the stress of being home alone.
- If you're telling someone close as to how you lent a listening ear to someone and now they've ghosted you, use ð and the ðŧ Ghost emoji too, if you like.
- If you're telling your best friend a secret and you love to make things dramatic, use ð to indicate that "psst. it's a secret" vibe.
Other Names
- ð Listen
- ð Listening Ear
- ð Hearing
- ð Pay Attention
- ð Alert
- ð Stay Vigilant
- ð Listen Carefully
- ð Secret
- ð Psst
- ð Whispering
- ð Ear Ache
- ð Understanding
- ð I'm All Ears
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body âš body-parts
- Codepoints
U+1F442- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:ear:- Keywords
- body, ear, ears, hear, hearing, listen, listening, sound
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens.
Skin tone variations
⥠Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first â ð Ear or ðŦ· Leftwards Pushing Hand?