Man in steamy room: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium skin tone depicted with a towel wrapped around his head, sitting in a room filled with thick, swirling clouds of steam. The scene portrays the classic setup of a sauna or a high-end thermal bath house.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for signaling that you are officially off the clock, hitting the gym for a recovery session, or treating yourself to a spa day. It pairs perfectly with 🧘 to emphasize relaxation or 💦 to represent the intense heat and sweat of a steamy environment.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of the Emoji 5.0 update, this character was introduced alongside a suite of gendered and skin-toned variations to better represent people participating in wellness and wellness-adjacent activities. It reflects the growing digital trend of documenting self-care routines.

Details

Glyph

🧖🏽‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9D6 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d6_1f3fd_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD6;&#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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