Person wearing turban Emoji
People
A headshot featuring an individual wearing a traditional, wrapped turban. The design focuses on the headwear as the primary identifier, typically shown with neutral features to represent diverse cultural and religious identities.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent members of the Sikh or Muslim communities, or anyone wearing a turban as part of their cultural dress. It is often utilized in discussions about religion, cultural pride, or travel. It is a common companion to religious symbols or other face-based emojis like 🙏 to convey respect or cultural identity.
History
Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the turban-wearing person was part of a broader push to increase cultural representation within the emoji set. Initially appearing as a generic character, it has since been updated to support various skin tone modifiers and gender-neutral options to better reflect global diversity.
Details
Glyph
👳
Unicode
U+1F473
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f473:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-role
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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