Man standing: light skin tone Emoji

People

A full-body figure of a man with light skin, shown standing upright with his arms resting naturally at his sides. The design features a neutral posture that focuses on the human form without suggesting any specific movement or action.

Usage Context

Used to describe someone who is waiting, present in a location, or simply hanging around. It is a go-to choice when you want to signal that you are standing in line, watching an event, or feeling like an observer. It is often used alongside 🧍‍♀️ to specify gender or with location markers to describe where someone is currently positioned.

History

This figure was added in Unicode 12.0 in 2019. It was part of a major push to expand the range of human representations in emoji sets, moving away from simple head-and-shoulders portraits to full-body silhouettes that allow for more descriptive storytelling about human activity.

Details

Glyph
🧍🏻‍♂
Unicode
U+1F9CD U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9cd_1f3fb_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
manstandstandinglight skin tonepeoplepersonactivitywaituprightfull body

Microsoft Fluent License

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