What does ๐ฒ๐ฝ Person with Skullcap: Medium Skin Tone mean?
๐ฒ๐ฝ is the Person with Skullcap emoji (๐ฒ) with a medium skin tone (๐ฝ, Fitzpatrick type 4) modifier. It means the same as the default yellow version; the skin tone simply lets people represent themselves or the person they are talking about.
A person wearing a gua pi mao, a traditional Chinese skullcap whose name means โmelon-skin cap.โ It dates back to the earliest emoji sets, and its official Unicode character name is โman with gua pi mao.โ Today it appears in posts about Chinese history, traditional clothing and period dramas. Because it shows one specific old-fashioned hat, many people avoid using it as shorthand for Chinese people in general.
๐ฒ๐ฝ Person with Skullcap: Medium Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (jobs & roles), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about cap, Chinese, gua, guapi, hat and mao.
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๐ฒ๐ฝ Person with Skullcap: Medium Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Person with Skullcap: Medium Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Person with Skullcap in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Person with Skullcap: Medium Skin Tone emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฒ๐ฝ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.
When was the Person with Skullcap: Medium Skin Tone emoji added?
๐ฒ๐ฝ Person with Skullcap: Medium Skin Tone was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Person with Skullcap emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐ฒ, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐พ ๐ฒ๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ฒ๐ฝ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Person with Skullcap: Medium Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1F472 U+1F3FD) 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.