office worker: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F9D1 1F3FE 200D 1F4BC
Description
A person wearing a suit or business attire, depicted with dark skin. This emoji represents an individual working in an office or corporate setting.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, professional, diligent. It primarily conveys identity and profession rather than a specific emotion.
Backstory
This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence combining '🧑 Person', '🏽 Dark Skin Tone', and '⚖️ Briefcase'. The base '🧑 Person' emoji was introduced in Unicode 10.0 (2017), and the profession modifiers were added later to represent various roles, with 'Briefcase' indicating a business persona. The dark skin tone modifier '1F3FE' can be applied to many human-form emojis since Unicode 8.0 (2015).
Usage Examples
- Introducing oneself as a business professional: 'I'm a consultant 🧑🏾💼.'
- Talking about work: 'Heading to the office 🧑🏾💼.'
- Referring to someone in a corporate role: 'Our new CEO is very experienced 🧑🏾💼.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to represent business professionals, office workers, or someone engaged in formal work.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often seen representing white-collar workers, executives, or individuals in formal occupations.