Guard: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A person standing at attention wearing a tall, black bearskin hat, which is the iconic headgear of the British Foot Guards. This specific variation features a medium-light skin tone.

Usage Context

Used to represent security, military personnel, or a direct reference to London and Buckingham Palace. It is frequently employed in travel-related posts or to signal a sense of duty, protection, or strict discipline, often paired with the 🇬🇧 flag or the 🏰 castle.

History

The guard emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The design, with its distinctive tall hat, was inspired by the ceremonial soldiers seen outside the British Royal residences, a visual trope that has been a staple in global media and tourism since the mid-20th century.

Details

Glyph

💂🏼

Unicode

U+1F482 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f482_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC82;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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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