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man: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F468 1F3FD
Description
A man emoji with medium skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, as it represents a person and does not inherently convey an emotion.
Backstory
This emoji combines the 'Man' (U+1F468) and 'Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-4' (U+1F3FD) code points. The Fitzpatrick modifiers were introduced to allow users to specify skin tones for human-like emojis, promoting diversity and accurate representation. The 'Man' emoji itself was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The skin tone modifier was added in Unicode 8.0 in 2015.
Usage Examples
- Identifying a male person: 'The man in the red shirt 1F468 1F3FD'.
- Referring to a male individual in a general context: 'He is a tall man 1F468 1F3FD'.
- Describing a specific male: 'My brother 1F468 1F3FD is coming over.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Used broadly to represent a male individual.
East Asian culture:
Used broadly to represent a male individual.