Person in tuxedo: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned person dressed in a formal black tuxedo with a white shirt and bowtie. The character is portrayed from the chest up, representing a classic evening suit or wedding attire.

Usage Context

Used to denote formal events, black-tie affairs, gala celebrations, or marriage ceremonies. It is frequently sent when discussing wedding plans, red-carpet fashion, or high-end social outings. People often combine it with 💍 to signify a wedding or 🥂 to celebrate a fancy evening out.

History

The person in tuxedo was introduced in Unicode 9.0 in 2016. The ability to modify the character with various skin tones followed shortly after, responding to a push for greater inclusivity in digital character representations, mirroring the way platforms like WhatsApp and iMessage began standardizing skin tone modifiers for all human-based icons.

Details

Glyph

🤵🏿

Unicode

U+1F935 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f935_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD35;&#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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