Meaning
This emoji shows a man in medical professional attire, complete with a stethoscope draped around his neck and typically wearing a white coat or scrubs. The design clearly signals healthcare work through these universally recognized visual markers.
Use this when specifically referring to a male doctor, nurse, therapist, or other healthcare professional. It's perfect for sharing that your dad's a surgeon, discussing a male doctor's advice, or acknowledging male nurses and medical professionals in your life. It works naturally in healthcare-related conversations, from appointment scheduling to medical school updates.
It also appears in discussions celebrating male representation in nursing and healthcare careers, fields that have historically been male-dominated in medicine but female-dominated in nursing. The emoji helps people specify gender when relevant to the conversation.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 4 in 2016, this emoji has served medical communities, students, and patients for years. Its recognizable stethoscope and medical attire make it instantly identifiable across platforms, though some designs render slightly different shades of scrubs or coat styles.
Common Uses
- • Referencing a male doctor or nurse
- • Discussing healthcare career paths
- • Sharing medical advice or appointments
- • Celebrating male healthcare professionals
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
While medicine has historically been male-dominated in terms of leadership and specialty roles, nursing has been predominantly female—this emoji helps represent the growing number of men entering nursing and other direct care professions.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:man_health_worker: :male-doctor: :man_health_worker: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 👨‍⚕️ |
| HTML (hex) | 👨‍⚕️ |
| CSS | \1F468\200D\2695\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC68\u200D\u2695\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F468\U0000200D\U00002695\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC68\u200D\u2695\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F468}\x{200D}\x{2695}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F468}\x{200D}\x{2695}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2qug-6bx-7md-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%91%A8%E2%80%8D%E2%9A%95%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x9A 0x95 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
👨⚕️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পুরুষ স্বাস্থ্য কর্মী |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 男医生 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 男醫生 |
| Danish | mandlig sundhedsperson |
| Dutch | mannelijke gezondheidsmedewerker |
| English | man health worker |
| English (UK) | man health worker |
| Estonian | meesarst |
| Finnish | mieshoitotyöntekijä |
| French | professionnel de la santé |
| German | Arzt |
| Hindi | पुरुष स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ता |
| Hungarian | doktor |
| Italian | operatore sanitario |
| Japanese | 男性の医者 |
| Korean | 남자 의료인 |
| Lithuanian | medikas |
| Malay | pekerja kesihatan lelaki |
| Norwegian | mannlig helsearbeider |
| Polish | lekarz |
| Portuguese | homem profissional da saúde |
| Russian | врач |
| Spanish | profesional sanitario hombre |
| Spanish (Mexico) | profesional sanitario hombre |
| Swedish | manlig läkare |
| Thai | หมอชาย |
| Ukrainian | медичний працівник |
| Vietnamese | nhân viên y tế nam |