Mechanic Emoji

People

A person wearing a blue or yellow-collared jumpsuit with a brown cap, holding a silver wrench in their hand. This character represents someone skilled in technical manual labor, specifically focused on fixing machinery, vehicles, or household infrastructure.

Usage Context

Use this to signify that you are currently busy fixing something, dealing with a car breakdown, or highlighting a professional tradesperson. It is frequently sent alongside the 🔧 wrench or ⚙️ gear to clarify the type of repair work being performed.

History

The mechanic emoji was added to the standard set in 2017 as part of the drive to include more gender-neutral professional roles in Unicode. It draws from the long history of iconography used in early workplace manuals and technical training guides to represent blue-collar craftsmanship.

Details

Glyph

🧑‍🔧

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F527

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_1f527:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;‍&#xD83D;&#xDD27;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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