Man Emoji
People
A head-and-shoulders portrait of an adult male with short hair and a mustache. It serves as the standard, neutral representation of a man for general communication and identity labeling.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to identify a specific person, signify fatherhood, or represent the male gender in casual conversation. It functions as a base character and can be combined with other icons, such as 👨👩👧 to depict family structures or mixed with occupation symbols to specify a role.
History
Initially included as a basic gender-neutral person icon in early sets, the specific male character was formalized in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. It reflects the evolution of digital characters from simple abstractions into diverse representations of human identity.
Details
Glyph
👨
Unicode
U+1F468
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468:
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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