Woman guard: light skin tone Emoji

People

A female guard wearing a traditional tall, black bearskin cap. This version features a light skin tone and is designed to represent a woman serving in the ceremonial ranks of the British military.

Usage Context

Used to discuss British landmarks, the monarchy, or royal ceremonies. It is frequently sent when talking about travel to London or visiting Buckingham Palace. People often pair it with 🇬🇧 to show national pride or with 💂 to depict a mix of personnel.

History

The female guard was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of a major initiative to introduce gender-inclusive options for occupations and roles that were previously represented exclusively by male figures.

Details

Glyph

💂🏻‍♀

Unicode

U+1F482 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f482_1f3fb_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC82;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍♀

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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