Man facepalming: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned man with his hand pressed firmly against his forehead in a gesture of profound annoyance or embarrassment. The expression conveys a sense of defeat, frustration, or the feeling of being overwhelmed by someone else's foolishness.
Usage Context
Widely used in digital conversations to react to bad news, baffling statements, or simple mistakes. It is the go-to response for 'facepalm' moments where words fail to capture the level of disappointment, often replacing phrases like 'smh' or 'are you serious.' It is frequently paired with 😩 to show shared exasperation.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, the facepalm icon was developed to represent the physical action of covering one's face as a sign of disbelief. The skin tone variations were implemented simultaneously to allow users to better represent themselves in the rapidly growing library of human-centric emojis.
Details
Glyph
🤦🏿♂
Unicode
U+1F926 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f926_1f3ff_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
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 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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