Man factory worker: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man wearing a protective welding mask pushed up onto his head, shown in a medium-light skin tone. He is dressed in professional industrial gear, representing someone who works in manufacturing or heavy production.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss blue-collar labor, factory shifts, engineering projects, or manual trades. It is often paired with emojis like ⚙️ or 🏗️ to represent construction sites or mechanical repair work.

History

This emoji was added in 2016 as part of Unicode 9.0. It was introduced alongside a variety of other professions to improve gender and occupational representation in digital communication, reflecting the real-world demographics of industrial labor forces.

Details

Glyph

👨🏼‍🏭

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F3ED

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_200d_1f3ed:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍&#xD83C;&#xDFED;

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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