man kneeling: light skin tone
Unicode: 1F9CE 1F3FB 200D 2642 FE0F
Description
A man wearing a standing position, with his left hand on his hip and his right arm bent. He has a slightly open mouth and a thoughtful expression. This is a person of light skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > person-activity
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents a state of contemplation, deep thought, questioning, or skepticism. It suggests someone is pondering an issue, trying to understand something, or appears confused.
Backstory
The Pondering Face emoji (without skin tone or gender) was approved as part of Unicode 9.0 in 2016. Subsequently, gender and skin tone variations were introduced to offer more specific representations. This specific sequence combines the base emoji with modifiers for gender (man) and skin tone (light).
Usage Examples
- Expressing confusion: 'I don't understand, what do you mean? contemplating_man_light_skin_tone'
- Deep thought: 'contemplating_man_light_skin_tone What if we tried it this way?'
- Skepticism: 'Are you sure about that? contemplating_man_light_skin_tone'
- Pondering a decision: 'Should I order pizza or pasta tonight? contemplating_man_light_skin_tone'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to express thinking, questioning, skepticism, or confusion. Often accompanies rhetorical questions or statements of uncertainty.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture, representing deep thought or intellectual processing. Can also be used to convey a 'hmmm' or 'let me think' sentiment.