👨🏼
man: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F468 1F3FC
Description
A man with medium-light skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, represents a person without implying specific emotion.
Backstory
The core 'man' emoji (U+1F468) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The skin tone modifier (U+1F3FC, Type-3, medium-light skin tone) was added in Unicode 8.0 (2015), allowing for more inclusive and diverse representation of human emojis.
Usage Examples
- Referring to an unspecified man: 'I saw a man walking his dog.'
- Identifying a male character in a group: 'The man in the blue shirt.'
- As part of a family or group emoji sequence: '👨👩👧👦'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Used widely to represent a male individual; skin tone variants allow for more inclusive representation.
East Asian culture:
Similarly used to represent a male individual; skin tone variants are also appreciated for diversity.