Man getting haircut Emoji

People

A man sitting in a barber chair while a pair of scissors and a comb work through his hair. The image depicts a professional grooming session where a stylist is trimming or layering the man's hair.

Usage Context

Used to tell friends you are heading to the salon, discussing a fresh look, or complaining about how long a trim is taking. It is frequently sent alongside 💈 to indicate a visit to the barbershop or 💇 to show interest in personal maintenance.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the effort to offer gendered versions of existing human activity icons. Before this, the haircut emoji was gender-neutral, but the update allowed for specific representation of masculine grooming routines common in modern digital communication.

Details

Glyph

💇‍♂

Unicode

U+1F487 U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f487_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC87;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

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.

MIT License Fluent Emoji Repository