Man elf: light skin tone Emoji

People

A male character with pointed ears, wearing a tunic, and featuring a light skin tone. This digital icon depicts the classic fantasy archetype of an elf, often associated with woodland dwellers or magical beings from folklore.

Usage Context

Frequently used in gaming culture, fantasy book discussions, or to represent someone who enjoys tabletop role-playing games. It acts as a gendered and skin-toned variation of the base 🧝 emoji, allowing for more specific representation when discussing characters from franchises like The Lord of the Rings or Dungeons & Dragons.

History

This variation was introduced in Unicode 11.0 in 2018. It was part of an expansion of the emoji set designed to provide more diverse options for character-based icons, following years of user demand for skin-tone modifiers that could be applied to existing fantasy and professional character emojis.

Details

Glyph
🧝🏻‍♂
Unicode
U+1F9DD U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9dd_1f3fb_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-fantasy
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
elfelvesenchantmentfantasyfolkloremagicmagicalmanmythpointed earsrpgfantasy characterlight skin

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