Man detective: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man wearing a trench coat and a wide-brimmed fedora, often associated with private investigators. The figure appears deep in thought or mid-investigation, rendered with a medium-light skin tone.
Usage Context
Used to signal investigative work, searching for clues, or keeping a low profile. It is the go-to choice when someone is playing detective, uncovering a secret, or trying to solve a mystery in group chats, often paired with the š magnifying glass or šµļøāāļø female counterpart to round out the search party.
History
This emoji evolved from the original generic detective icon found in early Unicode sets. It was expanded into the current gendered and skin-tone-diverse format in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 to better align with the increasingly granular representation standards of modern messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
šµš¼āā
Unicode
U+1F575 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f575_1f3fc_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assetsāsuch as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarksāare excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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