Man supervillain: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A man with dark skin wearing a deep purple domino mask and a hooded cloak. The design draws from classic comic book tropes of dark, clandestine figures with mysterious agendas.
Usage Context
Used to denote someone acting deviously, playing the 'bad guy' in a playful banter, or referencing comic book culture. It is frequently used in discussions about movies or games alongside the supervillain counterpart or the detective emoji to represent a clash between hero and antagonist.
History
This character was added to the emoji lineup in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0. It was created to provide a male-gendered version of the original supervillain, following high demand for more diverse representations of fantasy and pop culture tropes across global messaging platforms.
Details
Glyph
🦹🏿♂
Unicode
U+1F9B9 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9b9_1f3ff_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-fantasy
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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