Man: beard: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A portrait of a man with a full, thick beard featuring a dark skin tone. The facial hair is rendered in a natural brown or black hue, highlighting the texture of the beard across the chin and jawline.

Usage Context

Used to denote masculinity, grooming styles, or specifically to represent individuals with beards. It is frequently sent in conversations about style, facial hair maintenance, or to identify a specific person within a group setting. It pairs naturally with other people-focused icons like 👨🏾 or 🧔🏼.

History

The bearded man emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 to provide more inclusive options for facial hair representation. The ability to modify the skin tone of this character was later implemented as part of the broader effort to reflect global human diversity in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🧔🏿‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9D4 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d4_1f3ff_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD4;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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