Man elf: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A figure representing a man with pointed ears and a medium-dark skin tone, portraying a character from fantasy lore. The design typically features the classic mythological elf silhouette, complete with distinct facial features and the iconic sharp ear tips.

Usage Context

Used to discuss fantasy literature, role-playing games, or movies involving mythical creatures. It is often sent when referencing characters like Legolas or simply to express an interest in magic and folklore. You might see this paired with other mystical characters like 🧚 or 🧙.

History

While the base elf emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2017, the ability to modify specific characters with skin tones was expanded as part of the Emoji 5.0 update. This addition was part of a broader push to ensure that fantasy characters could better reflect the diversity of the people using them in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🧝🏾‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9DD U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9dd_1f3fe_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDD;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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