person: medium-dark skin tone, bald
Unicode: 1F9D1 1F3FE 200D 1F9B2
Description
A person with medium-dark skin tone, wearing a red cap and a blue uniform, commonly depicting a bald person. This specific emoji combination depicts someone who is bald.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, descriptive. Does not typically convey an emotion but rather a physical characteristic or profession depending on context.
Backstory
The 👨🦲 (man: bald) emoji was approved as part of Unicode 11.0 in 2018. The combination with different skin tones (like 👨🏾🦲) allows for more inclusive representation. The 200D is a Zero Width Joiner, which combines multiple characters into a single emoji. This combination represents a person with specific physical attributes (baldness) and, with the additional 'man' or 'woman' character in its base, a gender and skin tone.
Usage Examples
- Describing someone: 'He is bald and wears a cap. 👨🏾🦲'
- Referring to a specific character: 'The new character in the game is a bald man. 👨🏾🦲'
- In a discussion about appearances: 'Some people prefer short hair, others prefer being bald. 👨🏾🦲'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often used to represent firefighters, construction workers, or specific individuals who are bald. Less about emotion, more about identity or role.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, focuses on identification or role. Can be used in general conversation to describe someone's appearance.