Man detective: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man wearing a brimmed fedora hat and a trench coat, often seen clutching a magnifying glass to his eye. This figure represents a classic noir-style investigator or a private eye.
Usage Context
Used to signal an investigation, someone uncovering a secret, or to playfully suggest that the sender is 'sleuthing' through social media profiles. It often appears in conversations about mysteries or when someone is being particularly observant, sometimes paired with 🔍 or 🕵️ to emphasize the search.
History
The base detective emoji arrived in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0, drawing on mid-20th-century pop culture tropes of private investigators. The man-specific version and the skin tone modifier were later added in 2016 to allow for more granular representation in digital messaging.
Details
Glyph
🕵🏻♂
Unicode
U+1F575 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f575_1f3fb_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
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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