Meaning
This emoji depicts a man dressed in formal black-tie attire, complete with a tuxedo jacket, dress shirt, and bow tie. The sharp, tailored silhouette instantly signals elegance and sophistication, with most designs showing a sleek profile against a neutral background.
People use it to mark major life moments—weddings, fancy galas, award shows, or high-stakes business events. It's the go-to when you're dressing to impress or celebrating someone looking sharp. You'll see it in invitation posts ("can't wait for the big day 🤵♂️"), fashion compliments, or when joking about leveling up your wardrobe.
Beyond weddings, it works as shorthand for "formal," "fancy," or "groom." Some use it playfully in contexts that are decidedly not fancy—like putting on real pants to work from home—creating humorous contrast.
The emoji has become a symbol of inclusivity since Unicode Emoji 13 added gendered variants in 2020, allowing broader representation in formal wear. It pairs naturally with celebration emojis and works across all major platforms with consistent design intent.
Common Uses
- • Announcing a wedding or engagement
- • Celebrating a fancy event or gala
- • Complimenting someone's formal outfit
- • Joking about dressing up for an occasion
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The man in tuxedo emoji became gendered in Unicode Emoji 13 (2020), part of a broader push to make formal wear representation less binary—now both men and women can wear tuxedos or wedding veils depending on the design variant.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:man_in_tuxedo: :man_in_tuxedo: :man_in_tuxedo: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🤵‍♂️ |
| HTML (hex) | 🤵‍♂️ |
| CSS | \1F935\200D\2642\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDD35\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F935\U0000200D\U00002642\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83E\uDD35\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F935}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F935}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2rsl-6bx-7k2-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A4%B5%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0xB5 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x82 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
🤵♂️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | টাক্সেডো পরা পুরুষ |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 穿礼服的男人 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 穿燕尾服的男人 |
| Danish | mand i smoking |
| Dutch | man in smoking |
| English | man in tuxedo |
| English (UK) | man in tuxedo |
| Estonian | mees smokingis |
| Finnish | mies smokissa |
| French | homme en smoking |
| German | Mann im Smoking |
| Hindi | सूट-बूट में आदमी |
| Hungarian | szmokingos férfi |
| Italian | uomo in smoking |
| Japanese | タキシードの男性 |
| Korean | 턱시도를 입은 남자 |
| Lithuanian | vyras su smokingu |
| Malay | lelaki berpakaian tuksedo |
| Norwegian | mann i smoking |
| Polish | mężczyzna w smokingu |
| Portuguese | homem de smoking |
| Russian | мужчина в смокинге |
| Spanish | hombre con esmoquin |
| Spanish (Mexico) | hombre con esmoquin |
| Swedish | man i smoking |
| Thai | ผู้ชายใส่ทักซิโด้ |
| Ukrainian | чоловік у смокінгу |
| Vietnamese | người đàn ông mặc bộ vest |