What does ๐ฒ Person with Skullcap mean?
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.
๐ฒ Person with Skullcap is an emoji from the People & Body category (jobs & roles), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about cap, Chinese, gua, guapi, hat and mao.
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๐ฒ Person with Skullcap on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Person with Skullcap 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 emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฒ 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_with_gua_pi_mao:.
When was the Person with Skullcap emoji added?
๐ฒ Person with Skullcap was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. 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 ๐ฒ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Person with Skullcap. The underlying code (U+1F472) 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.