Man guard: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man wearing a tall black bearskin cap, the iconic headwear of the British Foot Guards. This version displays a medium-light skin tone, showcasing a stoic expression.
Usage Context
Used to denote British culture, London travel, or the act of standing guard or keeping watch. It frequently appears alongside images of 🇬🇧 to signal a connection to the United Kingdom or royal events. People also use it playfully to describe someone acting overly serious or rigid.
History
The guard was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The male-specific variant and the expanded skin tone modifiers were introduced later in 2016 to better align with the increasingly diverse and specific nature of modern emoji communication.
Details
Glyph
💂🏼♂
Unicode
U+1F482 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f482_1f3fc_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-role
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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