Man dancing: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man wearing a purple or blue suit, captured mid-motion with one arm raised and his body twisted in a dance step. This version features a medium-light skin tone, showing a person caught in the rhythm of a ballroom or disco dance floor.
Usage Context
Used to signal excitement, a night out, or a sense of carefree celebration. It is the go-to character for suggesting plans, reacting to a great song, or adding flair to a casual message. It is frequently grouped with 💃 to represent a dance partner or a party atmosphere.
History
The man dancing emoji arrived in Unicode 9.0 in 2016. It was developed to address the gender imbalance in early emoji sets, which previously only featured a lone woman in a red dress. Modifier support for skin tones followed shortly after, allowing for better representation across global populations.
Details
Glyph
🕺🏼
Unicode
U+1F57A U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f57a_1f3fc:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
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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