person: dark skin tone, bald
Unicode: 1F9D1 1F3FF 200D 1F9B2
Description
An emoji representing an older person with no hair (bald), featuring darker skin. This is a ZWJ sequence combining 'person', 'dark skin tone', and 'bald' to create a specific appearance.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents concepts related to age, wisdom, or simply a person with a bald head. The emotion conveyed is neutral, as it primarily describes a physical characteristic.
Backstory
This emoji sequence was formed by combining existing basic emojis with a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) to create a more specific and inclusive representation. The 'bald' component (1F9B2) was introduced in Unicode 11.0 (2018), and when joined with a person emoji and a skin tone modifier, it allows for more detailed person depictions. It's part of the broader effort to provide diverse human representations.
Usage Examples
- Describing someone: 'My neighbor is a kind 🧑🏿🦲 man.'
- Talking about appearance: 'He decided to try out a new look and became 🧑🏿🦲.'
- Representing a character: 'The wise old wizard was 🧑🏿🦲.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often seen as a representation of personal characteristics, sometimes associated with maturity or specific hairstyles (or lack thereof).
East Asian culture:
Similar neutral interpretation, primarily descriptive of physical appearance.