Man technologist: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-dark skin depicted sitting in front of a computer screen with a keyboard. The screen typically shows a cursor or a line of code, representing someone actively engaged in programming or systems management.

Usage Context

Used to identify as a software engineer, web developer, or tech enthusiast. It is the go-to emoji for discussing coding projects, tech support, or career-related updates. People often pair this with 💻 or ⌨️ to emphasize the work being done.

History

This emoji emerged as part of the push to add skin tone modifiers to human characters in Unicode 8.0, released in 2015. It reflects the rapid growth of the tech industry and the need for more diverse representations of professionals in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

👨🏾‍💻

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F4BB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fe_200d_1f4bb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#xD83D;&#xDCBB;

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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