Man with veil Emoji

People

A man wearing a traditional wedding veil. The character features a short-haired male figure draped in a white, translucent headpiece, typically associated with bridal attire.

Usage Context

Used to represent a groom, a man participating in a wedding, or someone who is playfully or literally dressing up for a nuptial celebration. It is often used alongside 💍 or 🤵 to discuss marriage or formal wedding ceremonies.

History

This emoji was added in 2020 as part of Unicode 13.0 to expand gender-neutral and inclusive representation. It follows the path laid by earlier emojis like 👰 by allowing users to select specific gender modifiers for traditional roles that were previously locked to one specific depiction.

Details

Glyph

👰‍♂

Unicode

U+1F470 U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f470_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC70;‍♂

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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