man construction worker: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F477 1F3FF 200D 2642 FE0F
Description
A man wearing a hard hat, indicating a construction worker or someone involved in manual labor, with skin tone modifier.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, descriptive, or conveying a specific profession. Can imply hard work, building, or safety.
Backstory
The basic 'person with hard hat' was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The ZWJ sequence for 'man' (2642 FE0F) and skin tone modifiers (1F3FF) were added later as part of efforts to increase gender and skin tone diversity in emojis.
Usage Examples
- Talking about construction: 'The new building is going up fast! 👷🏿♂️'
- Indicating a profession: 'My dad is a strong 👷🏿♂️'
- Discussing safety: 'Always wear your hard hat on site 👷🏿♂️'
- Referring to manual labor: 'It was a lot of hard work, but we got it done 👷🏿♂️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly understood as a construction worker or someone in a 'blue-collar' job. Can represent diligence or physical work.
East Asian culture:
Similar meaning, often associated with infrastructure development, manual labor, or safety in industrial settings.