Man frowning: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-dark skin displaying a clear frown, with one hand raised to his forehead or temple. The expression conveys frustration, disappointment, or a lingering sense of annoyance.

Usage Context

Use this to signal that you’re fed up, stressed out, or dealing with a headache-inducing situation. It acts as a visual shorthand for being bummed out, similar to the vibe of 😞 or the exhaustion often implied by 😫.

History

This emoji originated from the expansion of the Unicode human figure set, which moved away from default yellow skin tones to include the Fitzpatrick scale in 2015. It was designed to offer more inclusive ways to express common human emotions within digital messaging.

Details

Glyph

🙍🏾‍♂

Unicode

U+1F64D U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f64d_1f3fe_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE4D;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

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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