older person: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F9D3 1F3FE
Description
An older person with a dark skin tone. The gender is not specified, making it a versatile emoji for representing older adults.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, typically used to represent a person based on their age and skin tone. Can be used in contexts related to family, wisdom, or aging.
Backstory
This emoji combines a gender-neutral older person (👴👵) with an emoji modifier for darker skin tone, introduced as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015. It reflects the increasing demand for greater diversity in emoji representation.
Usage Examples
- Talking about grandparents: 'Visited my 👴🏽👵🏽 over the weekend!'
- Referring to an elder: 'Got some great advice from the 👴🏽 in the community.'
- Discussing aging: 'Getting 👴🏽 is a part of life.'
- Family contexts: 'Family gathering with all the 👴🏽👵🏽.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often used to represent grandparents, elders, or to denote someone of advanced age when giving advice or stating experience.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, frequently used to represent older family members or respected community elders.