Meaning
This emoji depicts a man with a bright blonde or light-colored hairstyle, rendered with a friendly face and typically wearing casual clothing. The hair is the standout feature—depicted as a distinctive golden or pale yellow shade that immediately signals the character's blonde locks.
People use this to represent blond men in conversations, often when discussing or identifying someone specific with that hair color. It's frequently used in casual contexts—talking about celebrities, friends, or fictional characters—or simply to add a visual descriptor to a conversation. On dating apps and in group chats, it might be used humorously to reference attractiveness or as a lighthearted stereotype.
The emoji is particularly useful for cultural or geographical references, since blonde hair is more common in Northern European populations. It can also be used neutrally when describing someone or in contexts where hair color is relevant to the topic at hand.
Design varies subtly across platforms, but the blonde hair remains the defining characteristic. This emoji is one of several hair-variant person emojis, approved as part of Unicode Emoji 4 in 2016, expanding the diversity of personal representation available in digital communication.
Common Uses
- • Identifying or describing a blond-haired man
- • Making light jokes about blonde stereotypes
- • Adding visual context to stories about friends or celebrities
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
This emoji is part of a broader expansion of person emojis with different hair colors and styles, reflecting the push for greater visual diversity in digital communication starting in the mid-2010s.
Keywords
Skin Tones & Variants
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:blond_haired_man: :blond-haired-man: :blond_haired_man: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 👱‍♂️ |
| HTML (hex) | 👱‍♂️ |
| CSS | \1F471\200D\2642\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC71\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F471\U0000200D\U00002642\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC71\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F471}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F471}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2qup-6bx-7k2-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%91%B1%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xB1 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x82 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
👱♂️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পুরুষ: স্বর্ণকেশী চুল |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 金发男 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 金髮男 |
| Danish | blond mand |
| Dutch | man met blond haar |
| English | man: blond hair |
| English (UK) | man: blond hair |
| Estonian | mees: blond |
| Finnish | vaaleatukkainen mies |
| French | homme blond |
| German | Mann: blond |
| Hindi | सुनहरे बालों वाला पुरुष |
| Hungarian | szőke férfi |
| Italian | uomo biondo |
| Japanese | 金髪の男性 |
| Korean | 금발 남자 |
| Lithuanian | blondinas |
| Malay | lelaki: rambut perang |
| Norwegian | mann: blond |
| Polish | blondyn |
| Portuguese | homem: cabelo loiro |
| Russian | блондин |
| Spanish | hombre rubio |
| Spanish (Mexico) | hombre rubio |
| Swedish | blond man |
| Thai | ผู้ชายผมทอง |
| Ukrainian | чоловік із білявим волоссям |
| Vietnamese | người đàn ông tóc vàng hoe |