Man pilot: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a medium-light skin tone wearing a dark navy or black peaked cap, indicative of a commercial airline pilot. The design includes the characteristic gold piping on the hat band that signifies a flight officer's rank.
Usage Context
Used to discuss air travel, mention a career in aviation, or jokingly refer to someone 'taking the controls' of a situation. It is frequently sent alongside the airplane or airport emojis to signal that the sender is currently flying or heading to a destination.
History
While the pilot emoji was added to Unicode in 2010, the ability to modify skin tones arrived later in 2016. These profession-based emojis were standardized to make mobile communication more inclusive, moving beyond generic character representations to reflect the diverse workforce found in global industries.
Details
Glyph
👨🏼✈
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2708
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_200d_2708:
HTML Entity
����‍✈
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
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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