Man with veil: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A man wearing a traditional wedding veil over his head, rendered with a medium skin tone. The design features a delicate headpiece that covers his hair and shoulders, mimicking the look of bridal attire.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to discuss wedding planning, breaking gender norms in marriage traditions, or sharing personal relationship milestones. It is often used in conjunction with the 💍 ring or 💒 wedding venue to express excitement about an upcoming ceremony or to celebrate marriage equality.
History
This variation was added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of the effort to increase gender inclusivity across the emoji set. By allowing users to pair different gender identities with the veil emoji, the platform moved away from the outdated assumption that only women participate in specific traditional wedding customs.
Details
Glyph
👰🏽♂
Unicode
U+1F470 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f470_1f3fd_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
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
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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