Judge: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with a medium-dark skin tone wearing a black judicial robe, often accompanied by a gavel or a white wig in certain platform designs. This icon serves as a shorthand for anyone working within the court system or legal profession.

Usage Context

Used to signal legal authority, represent a courtroom setting, or denote someone acting as an impartial arbiter in a debate. It frequently appears alongside symbols like ⚖️ to emphasize themes of justice and fair judgment in online conversations.

History

While the judge role was introduced in earlier Unicode updates as a gender-neutral character, the addition of skin tone modifiers arrived in 2016 with Unicode 9.0 to better represent the global diversity of legal professionals across different justice systems.

Details

Glyph
🧑🏾‍⚖
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2696
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_2696:
HTML Entity
����‍⚖

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
justicelawscalesjudgemedium-dark skin tonepeoplepersonrolecourtgavellegalverdict

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