Man detective: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A man wearing a brimmed hat and a trench coat, shown in profile with a medium skin tone. He appears to be peering over a magnifying glass, adopting the classic silhouette of a private investigator from mid-century noir films.
Usage Context
Used to signal investigative behavior, curiosity, or the act of digging for information. It is frequently sent when someone is trying to solve a mystery, figure out a hidden detail in a photo, or jokingly label themselves as an internet sleuth. It is often paired with the 🔍 magnifying glass or the 🕵️♀️ woman detective emoji.
History
The detective character was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. Skin tone modifiers were introduced later in 2015 to allow for a more diverse representation of the character, reflecting the global expansion of emoji use across different social media platforms.
Details
Glyph
🕵🏽♂
Unicode
U+1F575 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f575_1f3fd_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
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
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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