Man getting massage: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium-light skin tone resting his head while two hands perform a massage on his temples. He appears calm with his eyes closed to convey a sense of relief from stress.

Usage Context

Used to signal that someone is taking a break, heading to the spa, or finally unwinding after a long day. It is a popular way to vent about a headache or show off a self-care routine, often paired with 🧖‍♂️ or 💆 to emphasize a relaxing atmosphere.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 10.0 in 2017 to expand the representation of human activities. It was created by combining the existing massage emoji with the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence for a man, allowing for more specific gender and skin tone customization that wasn't possible in earlier versions of the character set.

Details

Glyph

💆🏼‍♂

Unicode

U+1F486 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f486_1f3fc_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC86;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

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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