person wearing turban: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F473 1F3FE
Description
A person wearing a turban, specifically with medium-dark skin tone. The gender is depicted as ambiguous or non-binary, or suitable for general representation.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, represents a person. Contextual use with other emojis or text can convey emotion.
Backstory
The 'Person With Turban' emoji (1F473) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The addition of skin tone modifiers (like 1F3FE for medium-dark skin tone) came with Unicode 8.0 (2015), allowing for more inclusive representation of diverse human appearances.
Usage Examples
- To represent someone wearing a turban: 'Meeting my friend 👳🏾♂️ today.'
- In discussions about diverse cultural attire: 'Many cultures feature headwear like the turban 👳🏾♂️.'
- To denote a person from a specific region/background (depending on context): 'This character is from Punjab 👳🏾♂️.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often associated with specific religious or cultural groups, particularly Sikhs, or broader Middle Eastern/South Asian cultures.
East Asian culture:
May be less commonly understood in its specific cultural significance, but generally recognized as a person with headwear.