Man superhero: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A male character wearing a mask and a cape with a medium-dark skin tone, depicted in a classic comic book heroic pose. The design features a stylized emblem on the chest to signify a classic crusader identity.

Usage Context

Used to describe someone performing a brave act, showing support for a person doing a good deed, or referencing comic book culture. It is frequently sent alongside 💥 or ⚡ to emphasize strength and action, or paired with 🦸🏽‍♀️ to showcase a duo of heroes.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 11.0 in 2018 as part of an expansion to represent diverse gender and skin tone variations for occupational and fantasy roles, moving beyond the original gender-neutral icons found in early messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

🦸🏾‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9B8 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9b8_1f3fe_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDB8;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

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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