Health worker: light skin tone Emoji
People
A person wearing a white or light blue medical head mirror or stethoscope draped around their neck, rendered with a light skin tone. The design captures the professional look of a medical practitioner in a hospital or clinic setting.
Usage Context
Used to discuss medical appointments, healthcare advice, or to show appreciation for frontline staff. It is often used in threads regarding personal wellness or when referring to specific medical professionals like doctors or nurses. It works well when combined with the 🏥 hospital building or the 💊 pill emoji to clarify the topic of conversation.
History
The base health worker emoji arrived in Unicode 10.0 in 2017. The skin tone variations were implemented shortly after using the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, which allows platforms to combine the neutral health worker icon with specific skin tone modifiers to create more inclusive digital representation.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏻⚕
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2695
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fb_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
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
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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