Man mechanic Emoji
People
A man wearing a peaked work cap and holding a silver wrench, representing a professional tradesperson. The icon highlights the tools of the trade and the role of someone who keeps mechanical systems running.
Usage Context
Used to talk about home repairs, car trouble, or general maintenance work. People often send this when they are fixing something around the house or when they have hired a professional like a plumber or electrician to help with a breakdown. It is frequently grouped with the wrench or gear emojis to signify DIY projects.
History
The man mechanic was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of a push to provide more specific professional roles for gendered characters. It was developed to allow users to identify tradespeople more clearly in text-based communications compared to the generic person repairing emoji that preceded it.
Details
Glyph
👨🔧
Unicode
U+1F468 U+200D U+1F527
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_200d_1f527:
HTML Entity
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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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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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