Meaning
This emoji shows a man in formal business attire—usually a suit jacket, dress shirt, or tie—depicted with professional grooming and a business-ready appearance. The design emphasizes corporate polish and workplace formality, often rendered in neutral grays, blues, or blacks typical of business wear.
Use it when discussing men in office roles, corporate careers, business leadership, or executive positions. It's common in work-related conversations, discussions about specific male colleagues or managers, or when gender specificity matters contextually. People also use it in professional networking, career announcements, or lighthearted jokes about "corporate guys" and office stereotypes.
The emoji functions both literally (describing actual office jobs) and figuratively (representing authority, corporate power, or "the establishment"). In some contexts, it's used ironically to poke fun at corporate culture, stuffy professionalism, or the classic "business man" archetype. It's a staple in discussions of workplace dynamics, ambition, and professional identity.
Designs are fairly consistent across platforms, maintaining formal business styling. This emoji was approved as part of Unicode Emoji 4 in 2016, establishing the male counterpart to broader office worker representation and giving users the option to specify gender in professional contexts.
Common Uses
- • Talking about male coworkers or managers
- • Discussing corporate careers or business roles
- • Joking about office stereotypes or boardroom culture
- • Mentioning professional meetings or negotiations
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The man office worker emoji is one of the most commonly used professional emojis in business communication, particularly in LinkedIn posts and professional email signatures.
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Platform Shortcodes
:man_office_worker: :male-office-worker: :man_office_worker: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 👨‍💼 |
| HTML (hex) | 👨‍💼 |
| CSS | \1F468\200D\1F4BC |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83D\uDCBC |
| Python | \U0001F468\U0000200D\U0001F4BC |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83D\uDCBC |
| Perl | \x{1F468}\x{200D}\x{1F4BC} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F468}\x{200D}\x{1F4BC} |
| Punycode | xn--2qug-6bx-2qws |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%91%A8%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%92%BC |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xBC |
👨💼 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | ছেলে , পুরুষ , অফিস কর্মি |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 男白领 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 男性上班族 |
| Danish | mandlig kontoransat |
| Dutch | mannelijke kantoormedewerker |
| English | man office worker |
| English (UK) | man office worker |
| Estonian | meeskontoritöötaja |
| Finnish | miestoimistotyöntekijä |
| French | employé de bureau |
| German | Büroangestellter |
| Hindi | पुरुष कार्यालय कार्यकर्ता |
| Hungarian | férfi irodista |
| Italian | impiegato |
| Japanese | 男性会社員 |
| Korean | 남자 회사원 |
| Lithuanian | biuro darbuotojas |
| Malay | pekerja pejabat lelaki |
| Norwegian | mannlig kontorarbeider |
| Polish | mężczyzna pracownik biurowy |
| Portuguese | funcionário de escritório |
| Russian | офисный работник - мужчина |
| Spanish | oficinista hombre |
| Spanish (Mexico) | oficinista hombre |
| Swedish | kontorstjänsteman |
| Thai | พนักงานบริษัทชาย |
| Ukrainian | службовець |
| Vietnamese | nhân viên văn phòng nam |