Person getting haircut: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium-dark skin shown from the shoulders up, with a pair of silver shears hovering near their hair. It depicts the classic moment during a salon or barbershop appointment when the stylist finishes the final trim.

Usage Context

Used to signal a visit to the hairdresser, a new look, or a fresh style. It is frequently sent before or after a salon appointment and is often paired with ✂️ to emphasize the act of cutting or 💇 to show a change in routine.

History

This emoji was introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 as part of the push to add diverse skin tones to human-based icons. The concept of the 'haircut' icon dates back to early Japanese mobile carrier sets, which used the visual shorthand of shears to help users navigate directory listings for local service providers.

Details

Glyph

💇🏾

Unicode

U+1F487 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f487_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC87;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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