Technologist: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with dark skin working at a laptop, depicted with a glowing screen and a standard interface. The character wears a headset, suggesting active communication or focus on technical tasks.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for identifying as a programmer, engineer, or anyone working in tech. It is frequently used to discuss coding projects, hardware builds, or late-night debugging sessions. It is often paired with the 💻 or ⌨️ emojis to emphasize the work environment.

History

Part of the effort to diversify digital representation, this variant was added as part of the Emoji 5.0 update in 2017. It combines the base technologist character with the dark skin tone modifier to provide a more inclusive look for professionals in the tech industry.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏿‍💻

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F4BB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3ff_200d_1f4bb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83D;&#xDCBB;

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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