Detective: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A person wearing a classic brimmed trench coat and a fedora, tilted to obscure their eyes. This figure embodies the classic archetype of a private investigator or a spy on a covert mission.

Usage Context

Used to signal suspicion, investigate a topic, or act like someone is uncovering a secret. It often pairs well with the 🔍 magnifying glass or 🕵️‍♀️ to suggest someone is digging for information or keeping a low profile.

History

The base detective emoji was added to the Unicode set in 2014, and the ability to modify the skin tone was introduced in 2015 as part of the initiative to bring greater representation to digital characters across global messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

🕵🏼

Unicode

U+1F575 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f575_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD75;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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