🧘🏽♂
man in lotus position: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F9D8 1F3FD 200D 2642
Description
A person with medium skin tone, hair, and a beard, representing a man.
Group:
People & Body > person-resting
Status:
minimally-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, as it represents a generic man.
Backstory
This emoji sequence combines 'Person' (1F9D8), 'Medium Skin Tone' (1F3FD), 'Zero Width Joiner' (200D), and 'Male Sign' (2642) to form a man with a specific skin tone. The 'Person' emoji was introduced in Unicode 10.0 (2017) and the ZWJ sequence for gendered people followed shortly after to allow for more specific representations.
Usage Examples
- Referring to a male person: 'He is a tall man. 👨🏽🦱'
- Describing someone's appearance: 'He has a beard. 👨🏽🦱'
- In a group of people: 'There was a woman and a man. 👩🏽🦱👨🏽🦱'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often used as a general representation of a male individual.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, a general representation of a male individual.