Man standing: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A figure of a man standing upright with a neutral posture and medium skin tone. The character is depicted with a basic, gender-neutral shape that clearly indicates a standing position.
Usage Context
Used to describe someone waiting, standing still, or simply existing in a space. It frequently pops up in conversations about lines, commuting, or being stuck at an event. It pairs well with other people-focused icons like 🚶🏽♂️ to show movement versus stillness or 🧍🏽♀️ to represent a specific gender identity.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0. Its arrival addressed a long-standing gap in human-representation options, allowing users to express stationary human presence without implying a specific action like walking or sitting.
Details
Glyph
🧍🏽♂
Unicode
U+1F9CD U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cd_1f3fd_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
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
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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