man office worker: light skin tone
Unicode: 1F468 1F3FB 200D 1F4BC
Description
A man wearing a dark-colored suit, with a light skin tone, and holding a briefcae.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, professional. Often used to represent someone working in an office environment, a businessman, or a professional.
Backstory
This emoji sequence combines a man emoji (U+1F468), a light skin tone modifier (U+1F3FB), and a zero width joiner (U+200D) with a briefcase emoji (U+1F4BC) to form a single professional man with a briefcase character. It's part of a larger set of profession-specific emoji compositions that emerged to represent various occupations.
Usage Examples
- Representing a businessman: 'He's a busy 👨🏻💼 today.'
- Indicating professional work: 'Another day at the office for the 👨🏻💼.'
- Referring to an executive: 'The new CEO is a seasoned 👨🏻💼.'
- In a professional context: 'Looking forward to our meeting with the 👨🏻💼.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to represent white-collar workers, executives, or general professionals.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often representing office workers or business people, sometimes specifically salarymen in Japan.