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man in lotus position: light skin tone
Unicode: 1F9D8 1F3FB 200D 2642 FE0F
Description
A person with medium-light skin tone, standing, depicted as a man. He has short hair and is wearing a shirt and trousers.
Group:
People & Body > person-resting
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, represents a person or male figure.
Backstory
This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence combining 'Man' (1F9D8) with 'Medium-Light Skin Tone' (1F3FB) and 'Male Sign' (2642 FE0F) to form a specific representation of a man with a particular skin tone. It was introduced as part of broader efforts to provide more diverse representations of people in emojis.
Usage Examples
- Referring to a man: 'He is a tall man. 👨🏻 stand'
- Describing an individual: 'My friend is a kind man. 👨🏻 stand'
- In a group of people: 'There were three women and two men. 👩👩👧👦👨🏻 stand'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to represent a man or male individual, or to refer to oneself as a man.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often to refer to a man or a male character in a story or message.