Judge Emoji

People

A person depicted wearing a traditional black judicial robe and a white collar. They are shown holding a wooden gavel, the classic tool used in a courtroom to signal the start of proceedings or a final verdict.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to choice for discussions regarding legal issues, court cases, or when someone is jokingly acting as the final arbiter in a group debate. It is frequently paired with the ⚖️ scale of justice or the 🔨 hammer to emphasize legal authority.

History

Added to the emoji set in 2016 as part of Unicode 9.0, the judge was introduced alongside a suite of professional roles to provide better representation of careers in digital communication. The design mirrors the standardized courtroom imagery established by 20th-century media.

Details

Glyph

🧑‍⚖

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+2696

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_2696:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;‍⚖

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

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.

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