Person in suit levitating: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A figure wearing a sharp business suit, a fedora, and dress shoes, captured in mid-air as if floating just above the ground. This version features a dark skin tone for the face and hands.
Usage Context
This icon is frequently used to represent mystery, smooth moves, or the feeling of being detached from a situation. It is widely recognized as a pop-culture reference to the legendary ska band The Specials’ logo, which featured a similar jumping man. It is often paired with 🕴 or used alongside music-themed icons like 🎶 to suggest dancing.
History
The levitating man was added to the Unicode standard in 2014. It was based on a design found in earlier Japanese mobile carrier emoji sets, where it was originally intended to represent a 'jumping businessman' or a stylized character caught in motion.
Details
Glyph
🕴🏿
Unicode
U+1F574 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f574_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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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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