person: medium-dark skin tone, red hair
Unicode: 1F9D1 1F3FE 200D 1F9B0
Description
A person with medium-dark skin tone and red hair, often depicted as a man, woman, or gender-neutral individual. This emoji combines a standard person emoji with skin tone and hair color modifiers.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, as it represents a physical characteristic. The emotion conveyed depends entirely on the context in which it's used.
Backstory
This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, combining 'Person' (1F9D1), 'Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-5' (1F3FE for medium-dark skin tone), and 'Red Hair' (1F9B0). This composite approach allows Unicode to offer a wide range of diverse representations without creating a unique code point for every combination. The hair color modifiers were introduced in Unicode 10.0 (2017) and skin tone modifiers in Unicode 8.0 (2015).
Usage Examples
- Describing someone: 'Met a person with red hair and medium-dark skin today. 🧑🏾🦰'
- Characters in a story: 'The main character, an adventurer 🧑🏾🦰, set off on a quest.'
- Representation: 'Proud to see more diverse emojis like 🧑🏾🦰 available.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Used widely to represent individuals with red hair and medium-dark skin, emphasizing diversity in appearance.
East Asian culture:
Less common as a direct representation of individuals due to differing demographics, but understood as a specific physical descriptor.