Detective: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned person wearing a classic trench coat and a fedora, peering forward as if investigating a crime scene or tracking a target. The design draws heavily from the archetypal noir-film private investigator.

Usage Context

Used to suggest mystery, finding information, or 'sleuthing' through social media profiles or past messages. It is frequently sent when someone is trying to figure out the truth behind a situation, often paired with 🔍 or 🕵️ to signal deep investigation.

History

While the detective character was added in Unicode 7.0 in 2014, the ability to modify skin tones arrived in 2015 with Unicode 8.0. The design pays homage to the Golden Age of detective fiction, where the wide-brimmed hat and trench coat became the standard shorthand for someone working undercover.

Details

Glyph

🕵🏿

Unicode

U+1F575 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f575_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD75;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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