Man with veil: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man wearing a traditional white bridal veil. This emoji features the medium-light skin tone modifier applied to a male figure draped in lace headwear.

Usage Context

Used to discuss weddings, marriage, or to challenge traditional gender norms surrounding bridal attire. It is frequently sent during wedding planning conversations or to share excitement about an upcoming ceremony. It is often paired with 🤵 to represent a groom or the 💍 for engagement news.

History

This variation was introduced in Unicode 13.0 in 2020 as part of a wider effort to expand gender-neutral and gender-inclusive options for existing role-based emojis. It reflects the evolution of digital communication to better mirror modern real-world relationship structures and personal expressions.

Details

Glyph

👰🏼‍♂

Unicode

U+1F470 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f470_1f3fc_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC70;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

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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