Man pilot: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned man wearing a professional pilot's peaked cap with a brim and insignia. This emoji highlights both a specific career path and a clear representation of ethnic identity.

Usage Context

Used to discuss aviation, air travel, or the profession of flying an aircraft. It is frequently employed when sharing personal updates about flights or career milestones. It often appears alongside other transport-related icons like ✈️ or 🛫.

History

The pilot emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016, following a broader initiative to increase human diversity in digital communication. By combining the man emoji with the pilot base character and a skin tone modifier, it provides a specific identity for users who prefer localized representation in their messaging.

Details

Glyph

👨🏿‍✈

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2708

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3ff_200d_2708:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍✈

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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