office worker: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F9D1 1F3FC 200D 1F4BC
Description
A person with medium skin tone wearing a typical business suit, representing a professional working individual.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, often implies professionalism, diligence, or routine work; can also suggest being busy or focused on tasks.
Backstory
This emoji combines the individual person (1F9D1) with a medium skin tone modifier (1F3FC), a zero-width joiner (200D), and a briefcase (1F4BC), creating a sequence that represents a person engaged in professional work. It's part of a broader set of emojis describing people in various occupations.
Usage Examples
- Indicating being at work: 'Back at the office π©π½βπΌ'
- Talking about career: 'Starting a new project π¨π½βπΌ'
- Referring to professional duties: 'Client meeting tomorrow π§π½βπΌ'
- Describing a busy schedule: 'Work never ends! π§π½βπΌ'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Frequently used to denote office work, corporate settings, or 'adulting'.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often signifying hard work, career, or daily grind, sometimes with a nuance of being an 'office worker' (δΌη€Ύε‘).