Emoji Dictionary

👨 Man emoji

[man ih-moh-jee]

June 11, 2018

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What does 👨 Man emoji mean?

The man emoji is basically just a generic adult man. It’s sequenced with other emoji to show a variety of male identities, like the man farmer, and diverse families and relationships, such as two men kissing.

Related words:

• 🧔 bearded person emoji
• 👬 two men holding hands emoji
• 👩 woman emoji 
• father’s day emoji

Where does 👨 Man emoji come from?

The man emoji was approved in 2010 under Unicode 6.0 along with other people emoji such as the girl, boy, baby, and woman emoji.

Apple and WhatsApp, for instance, display the man emoji with blonde hair and a mustache. Others platforms like Samsung and Facebook feature brown hair. Google’s design notably lacks a mustache.

The default skin tone for the emoji is yellow, but users have the option to change skin tone … except on older platforms that don’t support those modifiers. Time for an upgrade.

The man emoji shouldn’t be confused with the boy emoji 👦, who lacks a mustache, or the old man emoji 👴, who lacks a full head of hair.

While the man emoji can be and is used on its own, platforms sequence it with many other emoji to produce a wide range of other male forms. The man emoji 👨 plus the cooking emoji 🍳, for instance, yields the man cook emoji 👨‍🍳, which up-to-date operating systems transform into a single image, because technology.

These magic transformations also create diverse family configurations and relationships other than the traditional husband-wife partnership or father-mother parents. For instance, the family: man, man, girl, girl emoji, 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧, shows two daughters whose parents are two dads, sequenced with two girl emoji and two man emoji.

Examples of 👨 Man emoji

Who uses 👨 Man emoji?

The man emoji can be used alone on social media and in text messages relating to things related to adult men, such as work or “acting like a man.”

#BusinessMan👨All the best for your first international movie!
Wish U as many international collaborations!😍@sidharth_shukla @TeamSiddShukla pic.twitter.com/QvVfPRbSRK

— Ela (@Ela_SSS) December 29, 2016

if his momma couldnt do it 🙅👵, What makes you think , you could train that boy 👦to be a man👨 its too late 🙅🕐! 💯

— 👸🏾 (@lynnnnnworld) September 6, 2014

It often gets paired with various emoji to represent various male professionals, activities, or identities. The man emoji plus the ear of rice emoji 🌾 becomes the man farmer emoji.

Don’t forget to register for our 🍅Urban #Farming 🥕Classes by Jan. 9!! See if you have what it takes to be a farmer! 👨‍🌾 pic.twitter.com/2RF8tJEjyu

— Louisville Parks and Rec (@loukyparks) December 29, 2016

The man emoji plus the artist palette emoji portrays the man artist emoji, as another example.

This is hilarious 😂

NFL Rookies attempt to paint their team logos 👨‍🎨

Don’t quit the day job guys 🏈🏈🏈 pic.twitter.com/5URSjrQ7FH

— NFL UK (@NFLUK) May 26, 2018

The man emoji figures into other man, child, and love emoji to represent male same-sex relationships and families.

We sure have changed since 2009. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 pic.twitter.com/o75c0XcfO4

— Jess (@jkane14) December 29, 2016

A dream 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦😍 pic.twitter.com/SIhUj2Ng2s

— Love, Joshoe👟🌈 (@joshnasapatos) May 14, 2018

When paired with a child-based emoji, the man emoji can mark content dealing with fatherhood more generally, especially on Father’s Day.

Cam is officially 2 months today 👨‍👦 #futurelegend. pic.twitter.com/MFH6sE9B79

— Dr Matt Courtemanche (@Its_Matt_court_) December 29, 2016

@HamillHimself @IDreamOfHamill #HappyFathersDay everyone hope you all have a fab day #IAmYourFatherAlways 👨‍👧‍👧💙 pic.twitter.com/1cxRUpn3R6

— JEDI👽MAC (@chewy177) June 17, 2017