person with crown: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1FAC5 1F3FC
Description
A man wearing a suit, with a light skin tone. The symbol specifically refers to a person identified as male.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, as it represents a person. However, context can make it convey formality, professionalism, or simply identify a male individual.
Backstory
This emoji is part of the Unicode set representing people, introduced to provide more specific gender and skin tone options. The 👨 (Man) emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010), and the addition of skin tone modifiers like 🏻, 🏼, 🏽, 🏾, 🏿 (light to dark skin tone) was standardized in Unicode 8.0 (2015) following the Fitzpatrick scale, allowing for greater diversity in digital communication.
Usage Examples
- Identifying a male person: 'Our new team member is 👨🏻🦰.' (Note: 👨🏻🦰 is man with red hair).
- Referring to a businessman: 'He looks like a successful 👨🏻.'
- Requesting a male participant: 'We need a 👨🏻 for this role.'
- In a formal context: 'The event attendees include a 👨🏻 of considerable influence.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often used to represent a generic male, a businessman, a formal figure, or in specific contexts like business meetings or formal events.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, but might also be used in more specific role-playing or character representations in online games or social media for male avatars.