Detective: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A character wearing a tan trench coat and a fedora, tilted low over their eyes to conceal their identity. The figure holds a magnifying glass up to their face, suggesting a close investigation or search for clues.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to choice for hinting at secrets, playing investigator, or responding to someone who has uncovered hidden information. It works well when someone is 'digging deep' into a topic or trying to solve a mystery, often paired with the 🔍 magnifying glass or 🕵️ detective emoji in other skin tones.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, the sleuth character draws from classic noir films and pulp detective novels. Skin tone modifiers were introduced later in 2015 as part of an industry-wide effort to bring more diversity to the human-based characters in the emoji library.
Details
Glyph
🕵🏽
Unicode
U+1F575 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f575_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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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
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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