old man: light skin tone
Unicode: 1F474 1F3FB
Description
A bald male head emoji with light skin tone. Represents an adult male without hair.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, typically used to represent a person or a characteristic. It doesn't inherently convey a specific emotion.
Backstory
The 'Man' emoji (U+1F468) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010), and the 'Bald' modifier (U+1F9B2) was added in Unicode 11.0 (2018), allowing for various hair types. The skin tone modifier (U+1F3FB) was introduced earlier to allow for diverse representations.
Usage Examples
- Describing someone: 'He's a tall, bald man. 👨🦲'
- Self-reference (playful): 'Woke up like this. 👨🦲'
- Character representation: 'Look at this funny cartoon character! 👨🦲'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to represent bald men, or sometimes playfully used in reference to oneself or others. Can also be used to depict characters or figures.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often used to depict baldness or as a neutral representation of a male character.