All messages from WhatsApp must be accompanied by an emoticon so that the conversation is much more entertaining and dynamic.

However, many users use these classic yellow icons at the wrong time and submit them without knowing their true meaning. This time the explanation is about the origin of the emoji of the person who touches his right ear.

The emojis of WhatsApp are so popular that they even filmed a movie in reference to them. In addition, on July 17, 2021, World Emoji Day was commemorated. Although most believed that emoticons were going to be forgotten after the arrival of stickers in 2018, this was not the case, since with each update many more are implemented.

The most used instant messaging platform in the world, we refer to WhatsApp, currently has more than 3,000 emojis in the following categories: Emoticons and people, animals and nature, food and drinks, activities, trips and places, objects, symbols and flags. In the first section you will find the icon of the person who touches his right ear and then we will explain its meaning. 

This emoji is shown with different coloured poles, yellow skin (although there are options to change the tones) and it can be a male or a female. He is also touching his right ear.

According to the portal Emojipedia, it is a deaf person, it means that they do not have the ability to hear. The referred icon was included in WhatsApp in 2019.

Did you know that a new emoji pack is going to be released? These new emojis will be in use next September. Among them is a ‘pregnant man’, ‘mouth biting his lips’, ‘hands that form a heart’ and many more.