What does ๐จ Man mean?
Shown as an adult man, this is the male counterpart to ๐ง. It refers to men, husbands, dads, or yourself if you identify as male, and it serves as the base of many man-specific profession and family emojis. In casual chat it can stand in for โdudeโ or โbroโ.
๐จ Man is an emoji from the People & Body category (people: ages & hairstyles), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about adult and bro.
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๐จ Man on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Man looks on each platform.
Man in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Man emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐จ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :man:.
When was the Man emoji added?
๐จ Man was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Man emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐จ, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐จ๐ป ๐จ๐ผ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐จ๐พ ๐จ๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐จ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Man. The underlying code (U+1F468) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.