Man supervillain: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man wearing a mask and a cape, representing a classic comic book antagonist. This specific version features a medium-light skin tone.

Usage Context

Used to describe someone acting deviously, playing a prank, or sarcastically identifying a 'bad guy' in a situation. It is frequently swapped with 🦹‍♀️ to signify a female counterpart or 🦸‍♂️ to represent the heroic opposition.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of the expansion of character roles in emoji sets. It was developed to meet growing demands for more diverse, narrative-based character avatars that could mirror the tropes of modern pop culture and superhero media.

Details

Glyph

🦹🏼‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9B9 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9b9_1f3fc_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDB9;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍♂

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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