Man: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A portrait of an adult male with a medium-light skin tone. This version features a neutral expression and is part of the standardized set of skin tone modifiers applied to the base man emoji.

Usage Context

Used to specify the appearance of a male figure in text-based communication. It is frequently employed to clarify the identity of a person in a conversation, often used alongside other variations like 👨🏻 or 👨🏽 to reflect personal preference or actual physical representation.

History

Skin tone modifiers were introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 to satisfy a massive user demand for inclusive representation. These modifiers utilize the Fitzpatrick scale, a standard dermatological classification system, to allow platforms to bridge the gap between abstract yellow faces and realistic human depictions.

Details

Glyph

👨🏼

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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