Meaning
A masculine-presenting undead figure with the same sunken eyes, ashen complexion, and decaying appearance as the neutral zombie form. The character typically wears tattered male clothing and embodies that hollow, shambling horror-movie energy.
Use this when you want to specifically reference male zombies—whether you're discussing a favorite zombie character from *The Walking Dead*, joking about your boyfriend being a zombie before his morning coffee, or simply prefer the gendered emoji variant. It works great in conversations about zombie media with a male protagonist or when you want precision in your undead humor.
Like its counterparts, it captures that "I'm dead inside" mood with an extra specificity. It's also useful in group chats where emoji variety and representation matter.
Part of Unicode Emoji 4.0, this variant was added in 2016 to provide gender options alongside the neutral zombie form.
Common Uses
- • Joking about a specific male character being undead
- • Teasing someone (male) for looking rough or exhausted
- • Discussing male zombie characters or franchises
- • Adding gender specificity to zombie-themed conversations
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Did You Know?
Gender-variant zombie emoji let you match the specific character or person you're referencing, making zombie jokes in group chats more precise and intentional.
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Platform Shortcodes
:zombie_man: :male_zombie: :zombie_man: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🧟‍♂️ |
| HTML (hex) | 🧟‍♂️ |
| CSS | \1F9DF\200D\2642\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDDDF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F9DF\U0000200D\U00002642\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83E\uDDDF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F9DF}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F9DF}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2rxb-6bx-7k2-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A7%9F%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x9F 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x82 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
🧟♂️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পুরুষ জম্বি |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 男僵尸 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 男殭屍 |
| Danish | mandlig zombie |
| Dutch | mannelijke zombie |
| English | man zombie |
| English (UK) | man zombie |
| Estonian | meeszombi |
| Finnish | mieszombi |
| French | zombie homme |
| German | männlicher Zombie |
| Hindi | पुरुष ज़ॉम्बी |
| Hungarian | férfi zombi |
| Italian | zombie uomo |
| Japanese | 男のゾンビ |
| Korean | 남자 좀비 |
| Lithuanian | zombis vyras |
| Malay | zombi lelaki |
| Norwegian | mannlig zombie |
| Polish | mężczyzna zombie |
| Portuguese | homem zumbi |
| Russian | мужчина-зомби |
| Spanish | zombi hombre |
| Spanish (Mexico) | zombi hombre |
| Swedish | manlig zombie |
| Thai | ซอมบี้ผู้ชาย |
| Ukrainian | чоловік-зомбі |
| Vietnamese | xác chết nam sống lại |