Meaning
The men's room symbol shows a simple blue rectangular sign with a stylized white silhouette of a man—typically depicted in profile or facing forward with a straight posture. The design is clean and instantly recognizable, following the universal pictogram language used in public facilities worldwide.
You'll spot this emoji in travel conversations, directions, and bathroom-related discussions both literally and humorously. People use it when giving directions ("the men's room is down the hall"), joking about bathroom emergencies, or in group chat contexts where gender-specific facilities matter. It's become shorthand for asking "Where's the bathroom?" or marking restroom locations in maps and facility guides.
The symbol has been standardized across airports, malls, and transit hubs globally, making it universally understood regardless of language. This emoji preserves that international accessibility online, though most people encounter it more in practical contexts—hotel websites, venue apps, or directional posts—than in casual social media messaging.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, this sign-based emoji represents decades of standardized public signage design that predates digital communication.
Common Uses
- • Giving bathroom directions in a venue or building
- • Marking restroom locations on maps or guides
- • Making jokes about bathroom emergencies
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The silhouette figure on the men's room sign became the international standard for public restroom signage in the 1960s-70s and remains virtually unchanged across continents.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:mens: :mens: :mens: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🚹 |
| HTML (hex) | 🚹 |
| CSS | \1F6B9 |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDEB9 |
| Python | \U0001F6B9 |
| Java | \uD83D\uDEB9 |
| Perl | \x{1F6B9} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F6B9} |
| Punycode | xn--2rax |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%9A%B9 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0xB9 |
🚹️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পুরুষদের কক্ষ |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 男厕 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 男廁 |
| Danish | herretoilet |
| Dutch | herentoilet |
| English | men’s room |
| English (UK) | men’s room |
| Estonian | meeste-WC |
| Finnish | miesten wc |
| French | symbole Toilettes hommes |
| German | Herren |
| Hindi | पुरुष कक्ष |
| Hungarian | férfimosdó |
| Italian | simbolo del bagno degli uomini |
| Japanese | 男子トイレ |
| Korean | 남자 화장실 |
| Lithuanian | vyrų tualetas |
| Malay | tandas lelaki |
| Norwegian | herretoalett |
| Polish | toaleta męska |
| Portuguese | banheiro masculino |
| Russian | мужской туалет |
| Spanish | aseo para hombres |
| Spanish (Mexico) | señal del baño de los hombres |
| Swedish | herrtoalett |
| Thai | ห้องน้ำชาย |
| Ukrainian | чоловіча вбиральня |
| Vietnamese | nhà vệ sinh nam |