Health worker: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A person wearing a white medical head mirror or forehead reflector, representing a medical professional with a dark skin tone. The design focuses on the professional role rather than a specific gender, showing a neutral, approachable expression.
Usage Context
Used to discuss medical advice, acknowledge healthcare staff, or signal that someone is currently at work in a clinic or hospital. It is frequently sent as a thank-you to essential workers or to clarify that a message is related to a doctor’s appointment or health concern. It is often grouped with emojis like 🏥 or 💉 when coordinating medical schedules.
History
The base health worker character was added in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 to increase representation across professional fields. The ability to modify this emoji with skin tones was introduced shortly after to allow users to better reflect human diversity, building on the broader shift toward inclusive character sets in mobile messaging.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏿⚕
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2695
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3ff_200d_2695:
HTML Entity
����‍⚕
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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Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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