Health worker: light skin tone Emoji

People

A person wearing a white or light blue medical head mirror or stethoscope draped around their neck, rendered with a light skin tone. The design captures the professional look of a medical practitioner in a hospital or clinic setting.

Usage Context

Used to discuss medical appointments, healthcare advice, or to show appreciation for frontline staff. It is often used in threads regarding personal wellness or when referring to specific medical professionals like doctors or nurses. It works well when combined with the ๐Ÿฅ hospital building or the ๐Ÿ’Š pill emoji to clarify the topic of conversation.

History

The base health worker emoji arrived in Unicode 10.0 in 2017. The skin tone variations were implemented shortly after using the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, which allows platforms to combine the neutral health worker icon with specific skin tone modifiers to create more inclusive digital representation.

Details

Glyph
๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿปโ€โš•
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2695
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fb_200d_2695:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
doctorhealthhealthcarenursetherapistworkermedicalhospitalphysicianclinicmedical professionallight skin tone

Twemoji Attribution

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

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