Technologist: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A person with a medium-dark skin tone sitting in front of a laptop screen, actively typing or coding. The figure is represented in a gender-neutral style, focusing on the act of working with digital technology.
Usage Context
This emoji is the standard way to identify as a software engineer, programmer, or anyone deep into a work session on their computer. It is frequently used in professional communication to signal that a user is busy, 'in the zone,' or currently fixing a bug. It pairs well with other work-related icons like 📈 or ⚙️ when discussing tech projects.
History
While the base character was added to the Unicode standard in 2015, the ability to modify people with skin tone modifiers arrived later in 2016. This was part of a major industry-wide push to make character emojis more inclusive, reflecting the diverse reality of the global tech workforce rather than using a default yellow skin tone.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏾💻
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F4BB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_1f4bb:
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
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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