🕵🏻
detective: light skin tone
Unicode: 1F575 1F3FB
Description
It's a detective emoji, specifically a male detective with light skin tone. It features a person in a trench coat and fedora, often with a magnifying glass.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents investigation, curiosity, mystery, suspicion, or finding something out.
Backstory
This emoji was added to Unicode 8.0 in 2015. It visually combines the classic elements of a detective character, which have been popularized in literature and film across various cultures.
Usage Examples
- Investigating a problem: 'Hmm, I need to figure out why this isn't working 🤔🕵️♂️'
- Curiosity about something: 'What's happening over there? 🕵️♂️'
- Playfully 'spying' on someone: 'I saw you... 🕵️♂️'
- Solving a mystery: 'Finally! I found the answer! 🕵️♂️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Strongly associated with fictional detectives like Sherlock Holmes or film noir imagery.
East Asian culture:
Similar associations, often used in contexts of 'finding out' or 'spying' playfully.