Man: beard Emoji
People
A detailed portrait of a man with a thick, full beard covering his chin and jawline. The design features a realistic depiction of facial hair, distinguishing it from general masculine emojis.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to discuss grooming habits, men’s fashion, or to describe someone as rugged or mature. It serves as a go-to identifier for bearded individuals and pairs well with 🧔♀️ to represent couples or various gender expressions of facial hair styles.
History
The bearded man was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of the effort to increase the diversity and specificity of human emojis. Before this, users often had to rely on generic icons like 👨 to represent men, which lacked the ability to convey specific physical traits.
Details
Glyph
🧔♂
Unicode
U+1F9D4 U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d4_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
��‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person
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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