Man tipping hand: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A man with medium skin tone extending one hand with the palm facing upward, as if presenting something or posing with a flick of the wrist. The gesture is captured in a way that suggests a casual, indifferent, or theatrical attitude.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to choice for signaling sass, sarcasm, or an 'I don't care' attitude. It is frequently used in digital conversation to dismiss someone’s opinion, act dramatic, or play the role of a helpful but slightly annoyed service worker. It often pairs well with 💅 to double down on a sassy persona or 🙄 to highlight a lack of patience.
History
While the base 'information desk person' emoji has been around since the early days of Unicode, the gendered and skin-toned variations were introduced in later updates to reflect diverse representation. The 'tipping hand' gesture itself stems from common illustrative icons used in early computer interfaces to denote an operator or a help desk assistant, though it has since been repurposed by internet culture into a shorthand for attitude.
Details
Glyph
💁🏽♂
Unicode
U+1F481 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f481_1f3fd_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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