Judge: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A person with a medium-dark skin tone wearing a black judicial robe, often accompanied by a gavel or a white wig in certain platform designs. This icon serves as a shorthand for anyone working within the court system or legal profession.
Usage Context
Used to signal legal authority, represent a courtroom setting, or denote someone acting as an impartial arbiter in a debate. It frequently appears alongside symbols like โ๏ธ to emphasize themes of justice and fair judgment in online conversations.
History
While the judge role was introduced in earlier Unicode updates as a gender-neutral character, the addition of skin tone modifiers arrived in 2016 with Unicode 9.0 to better represent the global diversity of legal professionals across different justice systems.
Details
Glyph
๐ง๐พโโ
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2696
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_2696:
HTML Entity
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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. ยฉ 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.