Man gesturing ok: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a medium skin tone holding his arms in a circular shape above his head. This pose mimics the traditional Japanese 'OK' sign, where the person creates an 'O' shape with their limbs to signal agreement or approval.
Usage Context
Used to confirm that something is correct, to express that everything is fine, or to show a sense of carefree excitement. It is often sent in group chats as a quick way to say 'yes' or 'I understand' without typing out a full sentence. It is frequently grouped with the woman gesturing ok or the standard ok hand sign to confirm plans.
History
This gesture originates from Japanese physical culture and classroom behavior, where students or participants use their bodies to form an 'O' for 'OK' or an 'X' to signal something is wrong. It was integrated into the emoji standard as part of the push to bring common Japanese communication habits into global mobile messaging.
Details
Glyph
🙆🏽♂
Unicode
U+1F646 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f646_1f3fd_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
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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