Man mechanic: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man wearing a dark-colored cap and a work shirt, holding a wrench in his hand. This version features a light skin tone modifier applied to his face and arms.
Usage Context
Used to represent blue-collar professions, DIY home repairs, or automotive maintenance. People often send it when discussing a broken appliance, a car breakdown, or to signal they are busy working on a project. It is frequently grouped with related trade emojis like ๐จโ๐ฌ or ๐จโ๐ป to identify different types of skilled work.
History
The base man mechanic emoji was introduced in Unicode 9.0 in 2016. The ability to modify skin tones was added shortly after to better reflect the diverse workforce across global industries, following the expansion of the Emoji Diversity initiative in 2015.
Details
Glyph
๐จ๐ปโ๐ง
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F527
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fb_200d_1f527:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. ยฉ 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.