Person with skullcap Emoji

People

A cartoon face of a man or boy wearing a traditional Chinese skullcap, known as a gua pi mao. The hat typically features a small button at the top and is worn close to the head.

Usage Context

Used to denote cultural identity, heritage, or to represent characters in historical or traditional settings. It is often seen in conversations regarding Chinese customs or pop culture. It is occasionally used alongside other cultural symbols like 🏮 or 🐉.

History

Introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this emoji was added to provide more representation for diverse cultural headwear. Its design stems from the standardized character sets used in early mobile messaging platforms in East Asia, which sought to bridge the gap between text-based communication and cultural illustration.

Details

Glyph

👲

Unicode

U+1F472

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f472:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC72;

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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