person wearing turban: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F473 1F3FC
Description
Unicode character for the emoji 'person: medium-light skin tone'. This represents a human figure, gender-neutral, with a medium-light skin tone. The base emoji 1F473 is a person (often a gender-neutral figure or a silhouette representing a general person), and 1F3FC is the Fitzpatrick skin tone modifier for medium-light.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, as it represents a generic person. Its emotional context depends entirely on the surrounding emojis or text. The skin tone modifier itself carries no inherent emotion but allows for diverse representation.
Backstory
The base 'person' emoji (1F473) existed before skin tone modifiers. The Fitzpatrick scale-based skin tone modifiers (1F3FB-1F3FF) were introduced in Unicode 8.0 (2015) to address the demand for more diverse human representation in emoji sets. This specific combination (1F473 1F3FC) allows for the 'person' emoji to be displayed with a medium-light skin tone.
Usage Examples
- Used in generic contexts where a human figure is needed: 'Is anyone free for a call? 🧑🏼'
- Representing a general individual: 'Every 🧑🏼 should have access to education.'
- As part of a larger scene or group: 'We need 🧑🏼🏼🏼 to help with the event.'
- To express personal identity when the user has a medium-light skin tone and wants to use a generic human emoji.
Cultural Differences
General:
Skin tone modifiers were introduced to allow users to represent themselves and others more accurately, reflecting diversity across cultures. Their usage is generally linked to personal identity and representation in digital communication.
Specific contexts:
The meaning of the 'person' emoji (without specific gender or role) can be very broad, making it culturally versatile. The skin tone simply personalizes it.