person: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F9D1 1F3FF
Description
A person emoji with a dark skin tone, typically depicted as a gender-neutral silhouette or a stylized human figure.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral; the base 'person' emoji (1F9D1) combined with a skin tone modifier (1F3FF) to represent a specific skin color. It does not convey a specific emotion on its own, rather it adapts the base emoji's meaning to a particular demographic.
Backstory
The 'person' emoji (1F9D1) was introduced in Unicode 10.0 (2017) as part of an effort to provide more inclusive and gender-neutral representations. The skin tone modifiers, like 'EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-6' (1F3FF), were introduced earlier in Unicode 8.0 (2015) to allow users to select an emoji's skin color, promoting diversity and personal representation in digital communication.
Usage Examples
- General representation: 'Sending a message to a person: 1F9D1 1F3FF'
- Indicating an individual: 'I saw a person walking by: 1F9D1 1F3FF'
- As a placeholder for an unspecified individual with dark skin: 'Ask the person at the desk: 1F9D1 1F3FF'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often used to ensure inclusivity and accurate representation of diverse skin tones in digital communication. It's a standard part of modern emoji sets.
East Asian culture:
Similarly used for inclusivity. The use of skin tone modifiers is widespread to reflect the diversity of users globally.