👨🏾
man: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F468 1F3FE
Description
A man emoji with a dark skin tone. It depicts the head and shoulders of a man, typically with short hair.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents a male individual with a specific skin tone. The emotional context depends entirely on the surrounding text and interaction.
Backstory
The core 'man' emoji (U+1F468) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. Skin tone modifiers were added in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 to allow for greater representation and diversity in emoji characters, applying to various human-like emojis.
Usage Examples
- Identifying a male person: 'Our new team member 👨🏾 has arrived.'
- Referring to a male character in a story: 'The brave knight 👨🏾 set out on his quest.'
- Expressing an action performed by a man: 'He 👨🏾 is working hard.'
- Describing a specific individual: 'My friend 👨🏾 just sent me a message.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Used as a general representation of a man, with the skin tone modifier to reflect diversity.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, emphasizing diversity in representation.