Meaning
A relaxed man unwinds in a hot, misty spa or sauna setting, often depicted with a towel and an expression of pure contentment. Steam curls around the figure in soft, calming tones that emphasize tranquility and pampering.
Use this when you're headed to the sauna, planning a spa day with friends, or just daydreaming about hot-tub relaxation. It's perfect for sharing wellness goals, celebrating self-care moments, or making light of the fact that you desperately need to decompress. The gendered version lets you be specific about who's enjoying the spa day in your story.
Beyond literal spa settings, it signals the universal need for relaxation and stress relief. Guys increasingly use it to break stereotypes about self-care and wellness being "just for women"—it's a simple way to say "I deserve to relax too." Whether paired with captions about mental health, workout recovery, or just needing quiet time, it communicates boundary-setting and personal wellness.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 5 in 2017, this male-specific variant ensures everyone can feel represented in the wellness and relaxation conversation.
Common Uses
- • Planning a spa or sauna visit
- • Celebrating post-workout recovery
- • Expressing need for relaxation time
- • Advocating for male self-care
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The inclusion of gendered spa emojis reflects a shift toward normalized wellness discussions across all demographics, particularly helping break down outdated ideas about self-care being exclusive to one gender.
Keywords
Skin Tones & Variants
Related Emoji
Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:sauna_man: :man_in_steamy_room: :sauna_man: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🧖‍♂️ |
| HTML (hex) | 🧖‍♂️ |
| CSS | \1F9D6\200D\2642\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDDD6\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F9D6\U0000200D\U00002642\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83E\uDDD6\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F9D6}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F9D6}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2rx2-6bx-7k2-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A7%96%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x96 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x82 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
🧖♂️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | বাষ্পীয় রুমে পুরুষ |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 蒸房里的男人 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 做蒸氣浴的男子 |
| Danish | mand i dampbad |
| Dutch | man in ruimte vol stoom |
| English | man in steamy room |
| English (UK) | man in steamy room |
| Estonian | leiliruumis olev mees |
| Finnish | mies saunassa |
| French | homme au hammam |
| German | Mann in Dampfsauna |
| Hindi | भाप से भरे कमरे में कोई पुरुष |
| Hungarian | férfi a gőzfürdőben |
| Italian | uomo in sauna |
| Japanese | サウナに入る男 |
| Korean | 사우나 하는 남자 |
| Lithuanian | vyras garų kambaryje |
| Malay | lelaki dalam bilik berwap |
| Norwegian | mann i badstu |
| Polish | mężczyzna w zaparowanym pomieszczeniu |
| Portuguese | homem na sauna |
| Russian | мужчина в бане |
| Spanish | hombre en una sauna |
| Spanish (Mexico) | hombre en sauna |
| Swedish | man i ångbastu |
| Thai | ผู้ชายในห้องอบไอน้ำ |
| Ukrainian | чоловік у паркому приміщенні |
| Vietnamese | người đàn ông ở trong phòng xông hơi |