Woman guard Emoji

People

A woman wearing a tall, black bearskin hat, representing a member of the royal guard. The figure is typically depicted in a red tunic, standing at attention to serve as a ceremonial sentry.

Usage Context

Used to denote British royalty, the city of London, or general security and protection roles. It is frequently sent alongside 🏰 to reference a castle or palace, or 🇬🇧 to signal a connection to the United Kingdom.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of an effort to introduce gender diversity to the existing professions and occupations set. The design draws directly from the iconic appearance of the King's Guard, a staple of British tourism and heritage sites.

Details

Glyph

💂‍♀

Unicode

U+1F482 U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f482_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC82;‍♀

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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