farmer: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F9D1 1F3FE 200D 1F33E
Description
A person with dark skin holding a sheaf of rice, typically used to represent a farmer or someone involved in agriculture.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral; represents a profession or activity.
Backstory
This emoji sequence combines a person emoji (U+1F9D1), a dark skin tone modifier (U+1F3FE), a zero width joiner (U+200D) and a sheaf of rice emoji (U+1F33E) to form a new, single emoji representing a farmer with dark skin. It was standardized as part of general efforts to include more diverse representations of professions and skin tones in emoji sets.
Usage Examples
- Talking about farming: 'The farmer works hard to grow our food. 🧑🏾🌾'
- Discussing agriculture: 'Rice farming is common in this region. 🧑🏾🌾'
- Representing a specific profession: 'My grandfather was a farmer. 🧑🏾🌾'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often seen as a general representation of agriculture or farming.
East Asian culture:
Can be particularly relevant in cultures where rice farming is a significant part of the economy or lifestyle.