Man detective: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man wearing a brimmed fedora and a trench coat, shown with a dark skin tone. He holds a magnifying glass up to his eye, suggesting he is in the middle of a focused investigation.

Usage Context

Use this emoji when you are playing detective, trying to solve a mystery, or simply digging for information online. It is the perfect way to signal that you are investigating a situation or looking for clues, often paired with 🔍 or 🕵️.

History

The base detective emoji was added to the Unicode set in 2010. The ability to modify characters with skin tone variants was introduced in 2015 as part of an industry-wide effort to make digital communication more inclusive and representative of real-world users.

Details

Glyph

🕵🏿‍♂

Unicode

U+1F575 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f575_1f3ff_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD75;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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