Man detective Emoji

People

A man wearing a trench coat and a wide-brimmed fedora, often shown with a magnifying glass held up to his eye. He is the classic caricature of a private investigator or a noir-inspired investigator.

Usage Context

Used to signal that someone is investigating a situation, digging for information, or playing the part of a secret agent. It is frequently sent when a user is doing online research or trying to uncover the truth about a mystery, often paired with the 🔍 magnifying glass or 🕵️‍♀️ woman detective.

History

The base detective emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010, but the male-specific version was officially implemented in 2015 alongside the expansion of gender-diverse professional characters to reflect better representation in messaging apps.

Details

Glyph

🕵‍♂

Unicode

U+1F575 U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f575_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD75;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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