Man: curly hair: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned man with distinct, tightly coiled curly hair. The emoji displays the person from the chest up, clearly highlighting the hair texture as a defining physical trait.
Usage Context
Used to describe a specific person, identify a friend, or discuss hair types. It is frequently sent in place of photos when someone wants to mention a man with curly hair in a group chat or conversation. It is often used alongside related person emojis like 👨🏽🦱 or 👩🏿🦱 to represent diverse hair textures and appearances.
History
This emoji was made possible by the introduction of ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequences in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. This technology allowed developers to combine base characters—in this case, a man and curly hair—with specific skin tone modifiers to create a more inclusive range of human representations that weren't possible in the early days of basic character sets.
Details
Glyph
👨🏿🦱
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9B1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3ff_200d_1f9b1:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person
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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