Man in steamy room Emoji

People

A man wearing a white towel on his head while sitting in a room filled with thick, swirling steam. He appears to be relaxing with his eyes closed, capturing the atmosphere of a high-heat spa treatment.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to signal that someone is hitting the gym, visiting a sauna, or simply trying to de-stress after a long day. It is often paired with the 💦 emoji to emphasize the intensity of the steam or the 💆‍♂ emoji to convey a sense of personal care and pampering.

History

The man in steamy room was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of the push to increase gender-specific representation for the existing steam room icon. It reflects the global trend of wellness and health-focused tracking in modern mobile messaging.

Details

Glyph

🧖‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9D6 U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d6_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD6;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

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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