Man guard: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium skin tone wearing a tall, black bearskin cap and a traditional red tunic. He stands at attention, reflecting the iconic appearance of the soldiers stationed at Buckingham Palace.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to represent London, British culture, or the concept of standing watch and protecting something. People often use it alongside other travel-themed icons like 🇬🇧 or 🏰 to signify a trip to the United Kingdom.

History

The character was added to the Unicode standard to provide more diverse representations of professional and cultural roles. The iconic bearskin cap originates from 17th-century European military traditions, which were adopted by the British Foot Guards to make soldiers appear taller and more imposing to their enemies.

Details

Glyph

💂🏽‍♂

Unicode

U+1F482 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f482_1f3fd_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC82;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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