Man in lotus position: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-dark skin tone sitting cross-legged on the floor, his hands resting on his knees in a classic meditation pose. He wears a calm expression, suggesting a state of deep focus or physical relaxation.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss yoga classes, mindfulness practices, or simply to signal that someone is taking a break to de-stress. It often appears in conversations about health, wellness, or finding inner peace alongside related icons like 🧘 or 🕉️.

History

Added in Unicode 10.0 in 2017, this variant was part of a larger push to bring more diversity to the emoji catalog. It draws inspiration from ancient South Asian yoga traditions, which gained immense popularity in Western wellness culture through the 20th and 21st centuries.

Details

Glyph

🧘🏾‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9D8 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d8_1f3fe_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD8;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-resting

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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