Man tipping hand Emoji
People
A man with a palm held upward, as if balancing an invisible tray or brushing hair back. His expression is often interpreted as aloof, helpful, or dismissive depending on the intent.
Usage Context
Widely used to convey attitude, sass, or a 'whatever' sentiment. It is frequently employed to signal that the sender is offering information with a bit of flair, or to express frustration when someone ignores common sense. It functions as the masculine counterpart to the original 💁 emoji.
History
The base gesture originated in early Japanese emoji sets as a 'help desk' or 'information desk' person. Over time, internet users repurposed the hand-flick motion to mean 'sassy' or 'unbothered.' The male variant was added in Unicode 7.0 in 2014 to provide gender consistency across the platform.
Details
Glyph
💁♂
Unicode
U+1F481 U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f481_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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