Man guard: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man wearing a tall black bearskin cap, the iconic headwear of the British Foot Guards. This version displays a medium-light skin tone, showcasing a stoic expression.
Usage Context
Used to denote British culture, London travel, or the act of standing guard or keeping watch. It frequently appears alongside images of ๐ฌ๐ง to signal a connection to the United Kingdom or royal events. People also use it playfully to describe someone acting overly serious or rigid.
History
The guard was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The male-specific variant and the expanded skin tone modifiers were introduced later in 2016 to better align with the increasingly diverse and specific nature of modern emoji communication.
Details
Glyph
๐๐ผโโ
Unicode
U+1F482 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f482_1f3fc_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.