Woman detective: light skin tone Emoji

People

A woman wearing a trench coat and a wide-brimmed fedora, peering through a handheld magnifying glass. This figure is drawn in a classic 'film noir' style, complete with a light skin tone modifier.

Usage Context

Used to signal investigative work, curiosity, or the act of digging for information. It is the go-to emoji when someone is playing investigator in a group chat, trying to uncover the truth, or keeping an eye on a situation, often paired with the 🔍 or 🕵️ emojis.

History

The detective character was added to the Unicode standard in 2010, but the female gender variation didn't arrive until 2016 as part of the push to normalize gender-inclusive roles across all professions. The design pays homage to the mid-20th-century archetypes of hard-boiled private eyes found in pulp fiction and classic cinema.

Details

Glyph

🕵🏻‍♀

Unicode

U+1F575 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f575_1f3fb_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD75;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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