woman police officer: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F46E 1F3FF 200D 2640
Description
A female police officer with dark skin tone, depicted in a dark blue uniform with a peaked cap. The 'woman' (U+2640) gender sign is combined with 'police officer' (U+1F46E) and a 'dark skin tone' (U+1F3FF) modifier.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
minimally-qualified
Emotion:
Represents authority, law enforcement, protection, and professionalism. The dark skin tone adds specific demographic representation.
Backstory
The initial 'police officer' emoji (U+1F46E) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Gender variants were added later, with the woman police officer appearing via ZWJ sequences like this. Skin tone modifiers (like U+1F3FF for Dark Skin Tone) were introduced in Unicode 8.0 (2015) to allow for greater diversity in human emoji representation.
Usage Examples
- Indicating a female police officer: 'The incident was handled by a 👮🏿♀️.'
- Referring to law enforcement: 'I saw a 👮🏿♀️ on duty today.'
- Representation of diversity: 'Our force includes many diverse officers, like the 👮🏿♀️.'
- As a symbol of safety: 'Feeling safe with the 👮🏿♀️ patrolling the streets.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often seen as a symbol of public service and order. The dark skin tone highlights diversity within law enforcement.
East Asian culture:
Similar associations with law and order, but uniforms and specific roles might differ culturally.