Man in steamy room: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium-light skin tone wearing a white towel wrapped around his head while sitting in a sauna. Steam curls visibly around his head, indicating a hot, humid environment.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to signal that someone is hitting the spa, taking a relaxing steam bath, or simply trying to decompress after a long day. It is often paired with the 🧖 or 💆‍♂️ emojis to emphasize a theme of self-care and quiet downtime.

History

The character was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 to expand the range of gender and skin tone options available for health and wellness icons. It serves as a digital shorthand for the spa culture that became increasingly popular in social media lifestyle posts during the late 2010s.

Details

Glyph

🧖🏼‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9D6 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d6_1f3fc_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD6;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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