Mechanic: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with dark skin tone wearing a protective blue uniform cap and holding a silver wrench. The figure is depicted from the chest up, clearly representing a professional skilled in manual labor, repairs, or technical maintenance.

Usage Context

Used to discuss car repairs, plumbing emergencies, or home maintenance projects. People often use this emoji when calling for professional help or sharing a photo of a completed fix. It is frequently sent alongside tools like 🔧 or 🛠️ to clarify the specific trade being discussed.

History

The base mechanic emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016, following a push for better gender and professional representation. The dark skin tone variant was made possible by the 2015 introduction of the Fitzpatrick scale modifiers, allowing users to better reflect human diversity in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏿‍🔧

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F527

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3ff_200d_1f527:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83D;&#xDD27;

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. © 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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