Man detective: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man wearing a brimmed fedora hat and a trench coat, often seen clutching a magnifying glass to his eye. This figure represents a classic noir-style investigator or a private eye.
Usage Context
Used to signal an investigation, someone uncovering a secret, or to playfully suggest that the sender is 'sleuthing' through social media profiles. It often appears in conversations about mysteries or when someone is being particularly observant, sometimes paired with 🔍 or 🕵️ to emphasize the search.
History
The base detective emoji arrived in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0, drawing on mid-20th-century pop culture tropes of private investigators. The man-specific version and the skin tone modifier were later added in 2016 to allow for more granular representation in digital messaging.
Details
Glyph
🕵🏻♂
Unicode
U+1F575 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f575_1f3fb_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji Attribution
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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