Man elf: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned male figure with pointed ears, representing a fantasy elf. He features a neutral expression and is styled as a character from folklore, often associated with magical woodlands or ancient legends.
Usage Context
Used to denote a male character in fantasy settings, role-playing games, or when discussing tabletop gaming like Dungeons & Dragons. It is frequently grouped with other supernatural icons like the fairy or the genie to signal a theme of myth and make-believe.
History
This emoji was introduced as part of the Emoji 5.0 update in 2017. It relies on the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, which combines the base elf character with a male gender sign and a specific Fitzpatrick skin tone modifier to provide more inclusive representation for diverse digital identities.
Details
Glyph
🧝🏿♂
Unicode
U+1F9DD U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9dd_1f3ff_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-fantasy
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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