Supervillain: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned character wearing a purple eye mask and a flowing cape, typically signaling a comic book antagonist. This character design draws directly from the classic tropes of masked comic book figures often cast as the rival to a superhero.

Usage Context

Used to denote someone acting deviously, playing a prank, or jokingly positioning themselves as the 'bad guy' in a conversation. It frequently appears alongside the hero version 🦸 to illustrate a conflict or a lighthearted rivalry between friends.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of the expansion of superhero and villain characters. The ability to modify skin tones was later introduced to ensure broader representation in digital communications, reflecting the diverse cast of characters found in modern pop culture and graphic novels.

Details

Glyph

🦹🏿

Unicode

U+1F9B9 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9b9_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDB9;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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