# 🕵️ Detective emoji

🕵️ Detective is an emoji in the jobs and roles set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: sleuth and spy.

- Emoji: 🕵️
- Unicode name: detective
- Code points: U+1F575 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :detective:
- Keywords: detective, sleuth, spy
- Page: https://emojichart.com/detective-emoji

## What it means

Depicts a figure in a hat and coat who looks ready to investigate, like a classic detective or spy. Popular for detectives, mysteries and sleuthing, it also marks undercover activity and playfully saying you are digging into something.

## Skin tones

- 🕵🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/detective-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FB
- 🕵🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/detective-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FC
- 🕵🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/detective-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FD
- 🕵🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/detective-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FE
- 🕵🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/detective-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FF

## Emoji that include 🕵️

- 🕵️‍♂️ [Man detective](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-emoji.md)
- 🕵️‍♀️ [Woman detective](https://emojichart.com/woman-detective-emoji.md)

## How to type 🕵️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “detective”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “detective”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “detective”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “detective”.
- GitHub: Type :detective: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | detective | cara, detective, espía |
| Français (fr) | détective | détective, enquêteur, espion, homme |
| Deutsch (de) | Detektiv(in) | Detektiv, Detektiv(in), Lupe, Sherlock, Spion |
| Italiano (it) | detective | detective, lavoro, lente, mistero, segugio, spia |
| Português (pt) | detetive | detetive, espião, investigador, rosto, rosto com lupa |
| Nederlands (nl) | detective | detective, speurder, spion |
| Svenska (sv) | detektiv | detektiv, spion |
| Polski (pl) | detektyw | detektyw, mężczyzna, praca, śledczy, szpieg, zawód |
| Türkçe (tr) | dedektif | casus, dedektif, erkek casus, hafiye, meslek |
| Русский (ru) | детектив | детектив, ищейка, расследование, сыщик, шпион |
| Українська (uk) | детектив | детектив, робота, розслідування, сищик, шпигун |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ντετέκτιβ | κατάσκοπος, ντετέκτιβ, πράκτορας |
| العربية (ar) | شخص يحقّق | المحقق وحيد, جاسوس, رجل, شخص يحقّق, عميل, مباحث, محقق, مفتش |
| עברית (he) | בלש | בלש, מרגל |
| فارسی (fa) | کارآگاه | جاسوس, کارآگاه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | जासूस | गुप्तचर, जासूस |
| বাংলা (bn) | গোয়েন্দা | গুপ্তচর, গোয়েন্দা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | detektif | detektif, mata-mata, spionase |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | thám tử | gián điệp, thám tử, trinh thám |
| ไทย (th) | นักสืบ | แกะรอย, งาน, นักสืบ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 探偵 | スパイ, 探偵, 私立探偵, 虫めがね |
| 한국어 (ko) | 탐정 | 스파이, 탐정, 형사 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 侦探 | 侦探, 特工, 男, 间谍 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 偵探 | 偵探, 間諜 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): speurder
- Akan (ak): detɛketifo
- Albanian (sq): detektiv
- Amharic (am): መርማሪ ፖሊስ
- Armenian (hy): խուզարկու
- Assamese (as): গুপ্তচৰ
- Azerbaijani (az): detektiv
- Bashkir (ba): детектив
- Basque (eu): detektibea
- Belarusian (be): дэтэктыў
- Bosnian (bs): detektiv
- Breton (br): igoun
- Bulgarian (bg): детектив
- Burmese (my): စုံထောက်
- Cantonese (yue): 偵探
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 侦探
- Catalan (ca): detectiu
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᎦᏛᏂᏙᎯ
- Chuvash (cv): детектив
- Croatian (hr): detektiv
- Czech (cs): detektiv
- Danish (da): detektiv
- Estonian (et): detektiiv
- Faroese (fo): detektivur
- Filipino (fil): imbestigador
- Finnish (fi): etsivä
- Galician (gl): detective
- Georgian (ka): დეტექტივი
- Gujarati (gu): જાસૂસ
- Hausa (ha): si’aidi
- Hungarian (hu): detektív
- Icelandic (is): spæjari
- Igbo (ig): nchọpụta
- Irish (ga): bleachtaire
- Javanese (jv): dhetektif
- Kalaallisut (kl): detektiv
- Kannada (kn): ಪತ್ತೆದಾರ
- Kazakh (kk): детектив
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بارلاۋشى
- Khmer (km): ប៉ូលីសស៊ើបអង្កេត
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugenzuzi
- Konkani (kok): गुप्तहेर
- Kyrgyz (ky): детектив
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): solonel uxe’
- Lao (lo): ນັກສືບ
- Latvian (lv): detektīvs
- Lithuanian (lt): detektyvas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): dedektiw/ka
- Luxembourgish (lb): Detektiv(in)
- Macedonian (mk): детектив(ка)
- Malay (ms): detektif
- Malayalam (ml): കുറ്റാന്വേഷകൻ
- Maltese (mt): ditektiv
- Marathi (mr): गुप्तचर
- Mongolian (mn): мөрдөгч
- Māori (mi): kaikimihara
- Nepali (ne): गुप्तचर
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ditẹ́ktiv
- Northern Sotho (nso): lephodisa
- Norwegian (no): detektiv
- Odia (or): ଡିଟେକ୍ଟିଭ୍‌
- Oromo (om): qorataa
- Pashto (ps): څیړونکی پولیس
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਾਸੂਸ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جاسوس
- Quechua (qu): qhamiyaq
- Romanian (ro): detectiv
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): lorgaire
- Serbian (sr): инспектор
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): inspektor
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸွပ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): جاسوس
- Sinhala (si): රහස් පරීක්ෂකයා
- Slovak (sk): detektív
- Slovenian (sl): preiskovalec
- Somali (so): dambi-baare
- Swahili (sw): mpelelezi
- Tajik (tg): детектив
- Tamil (ta): துப்பறியும் நிபுணர்
- Telugu (te): పరిశోధకుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): መርማሪ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha fakatotolo
- Tswana (tn): boteketifi
- Turkmen (tk): aňtawçy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): detektiw/ka
- Urdu (ur): جاسوس
- Uyghur (ug): رازۋېدچىك
- Uzbek (uz): izquvar
- Welsh (cy): ditectif
- Wolof (wo): detektif
- Xhosa (xh): umcuphi
- Yoruba (yo): ọ̀tẹlèmúyé
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔ̀tɛlèmúyé
- Zulu (zu): umseshi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F575 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🕵️` |
| CSS | `\1F575\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F575}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F575\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 95 B5 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD75 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%95%B5%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🕵️ detective emoji mean?

Depicts a figure in a hat and coat who looks ready to investigate, like a classic detective or spy. Popular for detectives, mysteries and sleuthing, it also marks undercover activity and playfully saying you are digging into something.

### How do I type the 🕵️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “detective”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :detective:.

### When was the 🕵️ emoji added?

🕵️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🕵️?

U+1F575 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🕵️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F575}\u{FE0F}.

### Does 🕵️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🕵🏻 light, 🕵🏼 medium-light, 🕵🏽 medium, 🕵🏾 medium-dark and 🕵🏿 dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/detective-emoji