Man mage: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned man with a long beard wearing a pointed wizard's hat and a cloak, holding a glowing wooden staff. He appears ready to cast a spell or perform a magical feat.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to choice for role-playing game enthusiasts, fantasy fans, or anyone discussing tabletop sessions and magic systems. It is frequently paired with the ✨ sparkles or 🔮 crystal ball emojis to set a mystical mood in text messages.

History

While the base wizard emoji was added to Unicode 10.0 in 2017, the ability to modify character skin tones was expanded in later updates to provide more representative options. It reflects the evolution of digital communication toward inclusive character design, building on early generic icons used in gaming forums.

Details

Glyph

🧙🏿‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9D9 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d9_1f3ff_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD9;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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