pregnant person: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1FAC4 1F3FC
Description
A man's face with a light-medium skin tone. This is a single person emoji, representing a male individual.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, as it represents a person without a specific emotional expression. The emotion conveyed depends on the context it is used in.
Backstory
The basic man emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The skin tone modifiers (like 1F3FC for light-medium skin tone) were added later with Unicode 8.0 in 2015, as part of an effort to provide more diverse representation within emoji sets, allowing users to choose the skin color that best represents them.
Usage Examples
- Describing a friend: 'I met up with him 👨🏽 yesterday.'
- Referring to a male individual in a general sense: 'The survey found that 👨🏽 are more likely to...'
- In combination with job roles: 'A doctor 👨🏽⚕️ (man with light-medium skin tone and medical symbol).'
- Representing a family member: 'My father 👨🏽 is visiting.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Used broadly to represent a male. The skin tone modifier allows for representation of various ethnicities.
East Asian culture:
Similarly used to represent a male. Skin tone modifiers are generally understood and used as intended.