Person with skullcap: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A person with a medium-dark skin tone wearing a traditional Chinese skullcap, or 'guapi mao'. The hat is typically depicted as a small, rounded dome, often featuring a decorative knot at the top.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent Chinese heritage, historical figures, or cultural attire. It serves as a visual shorthand for traditional Eastern fashion and is often used alongside flags like ๐จ๐ณ or symbols of cultural significance.
History
Added in 2010 as part of the initial expansion of human-represented characters in Unicode 6.0. It was designed to provide better representation for diverse cultural dress, following the early adoption of platform-specific pictographs in Japanese mobile messaging services that standardized common regional apparel.
Details
Glyph
๐ฒ๐พ
Unicode
U+1F472 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f472_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-role
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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