Man tipping hand: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A man with dark skin holding one hand out with his palm facing upward, as if presenting something or adjusting an invisible bow tie. His posture suggests a confident, slightly dismissive, or knowing attitude.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to convey sass, sarcasm, or an 'I told you so' attitude. It is the go-to choice for digital eye-rolls or when someone is being overly dramatic. It pairs perfectly with 💅 to double down on a sassy or unbothered sentiment.
History
The base gesture originated in early internet chat culture as a shorthand for 'information desk person,' but users quickly repurposed the motion into a sign of playful defiance. The dark skin tone variant was added in 2015 as part of the Unicode expansion to provide more inclusive representation for human emojis.
Details
Glyph
💁🏿♂
Unicode
U+1F481 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f481_1f3ff_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
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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