Man: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A portrait of an adult male with a medium-light skin tone. This version features a neutral expression and is part of the standardized set of skin tone modifiers applied to the base man emoji.

Usage Context

Used to specify the appearance of a male figure in text-based communication. It is frequently employed to clarify the identity of a person in a conversation, often used alongside other variations like 👨🏻 or 👨🏽 to reflect personal preference or actual physical representation.

History

Skin tone modifiers were introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 to satisfy a massive user demand for inclusive representation. These modifiers utilize the Fitzpatrick scale, a standard dermatological classification system, to allow platforms to bridge the gap between abstract yellow faces and realistic human depictions.

Details

Glyph

👨🏼

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

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

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person

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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