Bust in silhouette Emoji

People

A dark, featureless silhouette of a person from the shoulders up, set against a light background. It depicts a generic human figure without specific gender, age, or identity markers.

Usage Context

This icon is the standard shorthand for user profiles, account settings, or contact lists across almost every digital platform. When you see a greyed-out version, it signals an empty profile or an anonymous user who hasn't uploaded a photo, frequently appearing next to 👥 to indicate group members or a connection request.

History

Adopted into Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this character draws directly from the early days of desktop operating systems and web forums. It was designed to replace the placeholder images used in contact address books and internal messaging systems during the late 90s, where visual identity was often hidden to save bandwidth and maintain privacy.

Details

Glyph

👤

Unicode

U+1F464

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f464:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC64;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-symbol

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository