Man in steamy room: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium skin tone depicted with a towel wrapped around his head, sitting in a room filled with thick, swirling clouds of steam. The scene portrays the classic setup of a sauna or a high-end thermal bath house.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for signaling that you are officially off the clock, hitting the gym for a recovery session, or treating yourself to a spa day. It pairs perfectly with 🧘 to emphasize relaxation or 💦 to represent the intense heat and sweat of a steamy environment.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of the Emoji 5.0 update, this character was introduced alongside a suite of gendered and skin-toned variations to better represent people participating in wellness and wellness-adjacent activities. It reflects the growing digital trend of documenting self-care routines.

Details

Glyph

🧖🏽‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9D6 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d6_1f3fd_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD6;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍♂

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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