Person Emoji
People
A gender-neutral representation of an adult human. The character features a plain, neutral face with no specific gender markers, designed to serve as a baseline human figure.
Usage Context
Used to discuss individuals in a general sense without specifying gender. It is frequently employed when the gender of a subject is unknown, irrelevant to the conversation, or when the user prefers to remain gender-neutral. It acts as a bridge between the specific man or woman emojis and functions as a standalone icon for humans in general.
History
This emoji was added in 2017 as part of Unicode 10.0. Its introduction was a major step in diversifying the emoji library, allowing for a neutral option that bypassed the traditional binary male and female archetypes that dominated earlier sets.
Details
Glyph
🧑
Unicode
U+1F9D1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person
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
Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.
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