Man wearing turban: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned man with short dark hair, wearing a rounded head wrap known as a turban. This version is specifically rendered with a deeper complexion, representing a human figure defined by both gender and cultural attire.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss cultural identity, religious practices like Sikhism, or regional fashion styles. It is often grouped with other variations like 👳 or 👳🏾‍♂ to show diverse representations of the same character across different skin tones.

History

The base turban emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The ability to modify skin tone via the Fitzpatrick scale modifiers was introduced in 2015, allowing for more inclusive digital representation in messaging apps and global communication platforms.

Details

Glyph

👳🏿‍♂

Unicode

U+1F473 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f473_1f3ff_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC73;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍♂

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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