What does ๐ง Person Standing mean?
A person standing upright with arms at their sides, facing forward and doing nothing in particular. That stillness is exactly why people use it: to show they are waiting, standing in line, or stuck in an awkward moment with no idea what to say. Online it often captures blank, speechless reactions, as in โme just standing there.โ This neutral version comes with man and woman variants.
๐ง Person Standing is an emoji from the People & Body category (people in motion), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019.
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๐ง Person Standing on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Person Standing looks on each platform.
Person Standing in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Person Standing emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ง 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 :standing_person:.
When was the Person Standing emoji added?
๐ง Person Standing was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Person Standing emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐ง, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐ง๐ป ๐ง๐ผ ๐ง๐ฝ ๐ง๐พ ๐ง๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ง look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Person Standing. The underlying code (U+1F9CD) 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.