Selfie: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A hand holding a smartphone at arm's length, angled to capture the user's own face. The device features a visible screen, and the hand is depicted with a medium skin tone.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to for talking about social media posts, photography, or vanity. It is frequently used to share personal updates, document experiences at events, or signal that someone is taking a photo of themselves. It often pairs well with 📸 or 📱 to emphasize the act of digital documentation.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2016, this icon reflects the explosion of mobile camera technology and the ubiquity of smartphone culture in the mid-2010s, capturing the shift toward front-facing cameras as a primary form of personal communication.
Details
Glyph
🤳🏽
Unicode
U+1F933 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f933_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-prop
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
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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