Pilot: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A person wearing a white pilot's cap with a gold emblem, rendered in a medium skin tone. This icon represents a professional aviator or a flight crew member in command of an aircraft.
Usage Context
Used to discuss travel, aviation, or career paths in the aerospace industry. It is frequently sent by passengers heading to the airport or by people celebrating a career milestone. It often appears alongside other transit icons like ✈️ or 🛫 to clarify that someone is currently in the air or heading to a flight.
History
The ability to modify human emojis with skin tones was introduced in 2015 with Unicode 8.0, allowing for more diverse representation. The specific gender-neutral 'pilot' role was later added to the standard set in 2016 to better reflect the diverse reality of modern commercial aviation.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏽✈
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2708
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fd_200d_2708:
HTML Entity
����‍✈
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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