Guard: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned guard wearing a tall, black bearskin hat, which is the signature headgear of the British Army’s foot guards. The expression is neutral and alert, reflecting the professional composure expected of someone standing watch.

Usage Context

Used to signal someone is 'on guard' or to make a specific reference to London, the UK, or the royal family. It is frequently sent when discussing travel, security, or British tourism. People often pair it with 💂 to show diversity within the role or with 🇬🇧 to flag a British connection.

History

The base guard emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The option to modify it with skin tones was introduced in 2015 as part of a major initiative to make the people category more representative of a global user base, reflecting the actual demographic diversity found in professional security and military roles.

Details

Glyph

💂🏿

Unicode

U+1F482 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f482_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC82;&#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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