👂

Ear Emoji 👂

A single ear, the ear emoji represents listening and hearing — 'I'm all ears,' lending an ear to someone's problem, or just picking up on some juicy gossip. It's also used literally in medical and audiology contexts.

What 👂 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 👂 emoji to say that you're all ears, and hers too.
👂 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 👂 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 👂 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 👂 and the 👻 Ghost emoji too, if you like.
If you're telling your best friend a secret and you love to make things dramatic, use 👂 to indicate that "psst. it's a secret" vibe.

Other Names

👂 Listen
👂 Listening Ear
👂 Hearing
👂 Pay Attention
👂 Alert
👂 Stay Vigilant
👂 Listen Carefully
👂 Secret
👂 Psst
👂 Whispering
👂 Ear Ache
👂 Understanding
👂 I'm All Ears

The lowdown

Category: People & Body › 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. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.