Man getting haircut: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-toned skin sitting in a chair while scissors trim his hair. The image captures the routine maintenance of personal grooming, highlighting the tools of a professional barber.

Usage Context

Used to tell friends you are heading to the salon, getting a fresh trim, or documenting a change in your appearance. It is a frequent companion to emojis like 💈 or ✂️ when discussing self-care routines or a trip to the local barber shop.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of a push to provide gender and skin tone variations for existing icons. It reflects the evolution of digital communication beyond simple faces to more specific depictions of daily life and human services.

Details

Glyph

💇🏽‍♂

Unicode

U+1F487 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f487_1f3fd_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC87;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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