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gender

Male Sign

2642 FE0F · U+2642 U+FE0F · ♂️

What it means

The Male Sign emoji ♂️ is used around ideas like male, man and sign.

Emoji render in the viewer’s own font, so the exact drawing differs between Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft — the sense above is what stays constant.

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Keywords

Search terms recorded for this emoji in Unicode CLDR.

Details

Hexa2642 FE0F
CodepointsU+2642 U+FE0F
HTML (hex)♂️
HTML (decimal)♂️
CLDR short namemale sign
Emoji versionEmoji 4.0 · 2016
Qualificationfully-qualified
CategorySymbols
Subcategorygender

Timeline

  1. Emoji 4.0 · 2016Male Sign entered the standard as U+2642 U+FE0F, establishing the codepoint still used today.
  2. TodayRendered across major platforms. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung each draw it in their own style while preserving the same underlying character.

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