Man: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A portrait of a man with a dark skin tone, typically shown with short, dark hair. It serves as a standard gendered representation for adult males with deeper complexions.
Usage Context
Used to identify a male person or to specify the demographic of a character in a message. It is frequently combined with other role-based emojis or family-oriented icons like 👨👩👧 to depict specific individuals or group dynamics.
History
This emoji was introduced as part of the Unicode 8.0 update in 2015. It reflects the implementation of the Fitzpatrick scale, a standard developed by dermatologists to categorize human skin types, allowing users to select a representative skin tone for human-based emojis.
Details
Glyph
👨🏿
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3ff:
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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