Scientist: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium-dark skin wearing a white laboratory coat and protective goggles. The character is typically depicted with a neutral expression and often features a flask or beaker nearby to signal their role in research.

Usage Context

Used to represent people working in STEM fields, including researchers, lab technicians, and academics. It is frequently sent when discussing scientific breakthroughs, chemistry experiments, or academic tasks, often paired with the 🧪 test tube or 🧬 DNA strand to clarify the specific area of study.

History

This emoji was introduced as part of the Emoji 4.0 update in 2016, which focused on expanding professional roles and adding diverse skin tone modifiers to human characters. It reflects the broader push to represent a wider range of genders and ethnicities in technical and academic careers within digital communication.

Details

Glyph
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Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F52C
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_1f52c:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
biologistchemistengineermathematicianphysicistsciencelab coatresearcherSTEMscientistmedium-dark skin tone

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