Person wearing turban: light skin tone Emoji
People
An emoji showing a person with light skin wearing a traditional wrapped turban headpiece. The design focuses on the head and shoulders, clearly displaying the fabric folds of the headwear.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent cultural identity, religious expression, or fashion choices involving headwear. It is often used alongside other identity-focused emojis like person with headscarf or man in tuxedo to represent diverse social roles or celebrations.
History
The base turban emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The modifier for light skin tone was introduced in 2015 as part of the expansion of the Fitzpatrick scale, allowing users to select specific skin tone variations to better reflect individual identity across digital platforms.
Details
Glyph
👳🏻
Unicode
U+1F473 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f473_1f3fb:
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
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