# 🕵️‍♂️ Man detective emoji

🕵️‍♂️ Man detective is an emoji in the jobs and roles set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: sleuth and spy.

- Emoji: 🕵️‍♂️
- Unicode name: man detective
- Code points: U+1F575 U+FE0F U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :male_detective:
- Keywords: detective, man, sleuth, spy
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-detective-emoji

## What it means

A man in a hat and coat on the case. Use it for male detectives, spies and investigators, for mystery stories, and for playfully saying you are snooping or looking into something.

## Skin tones

- 🕵🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🕵🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🕵🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🕵🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🕵🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🕵️‍♂️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🕵️ [Detective](https://emojichart.com/detective-emoji.md) (U+1F575 U+FE0F)
2. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🕵️‍♂️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | detective hombre | agente, detective, espía, hombre, investigador |
| Français (fr) | détective homme | détective, enquêteur, espion, homme |
| Deutsch (de) | Detektiv | Detektiv, Mann, Spion |
| Italiano (it) | investigatore | detective, investigatore, spia, uomo |
| Português (pt) | detetive homem | detetive homem, espião, homem, investigador |
| Nederlands (nl) | mannelijke detective | detective, man, speurder, spion |
| Svenska (sv) | manlig detektiv | kommissarie, man, manlig detektiv, privatdetektiv, spanare, spion |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna detektyw | detektyw, mężczyzna, szpieg |
| Türkçe (tr) | erkek dedektif | adam, casus, dedektif, erkek, hafiye |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина-детектив | детектив, ищейка, мужчина, мужчина-детектив, расследование, сыщик, шпион |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік-детектив | детектив, сищик, чоловік, чоловік-детектив, шпигун, шпик |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας ντετέκτιβ | άντρας, ντετέκτιβ, πράκτορας |
| العربية (ar) | محقّق | تحقيق سري, رجل مباحث, مباحث, محقّق |
| עברית (he) | חוקר פרטי | איש, בלש, גבר, חוקר פרטי, מרגל |
| فارسی (fa) | کارآگاه مرد | جاسوس, کارآگاه, کارآگاه مرد, کارآگاهی کردن, مأمور آگاهی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पुरुष जासूस | आदमी, गुप्तचर, जासूस, पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলে , পুরুষ ডিটেকটিভ | গুপ্তচর, ছেলে, ছেলে , পুরুষ ডিটেকটিভ, টিকটিকি, ডিটেকটিভ, পুরুষ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | detektif pria | detektif pria, laki-laki, penyelidikan, rahasia |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | thám tử nam | gián điệp, nam, thám tử, thám tử nam, trinh thám |
| ไทย (th) | นักสืบชาย | นักสืบ, นักสืบชาย, ผู้ชาย, สายลับ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 男性の探偵 | 探偵, 男, 男性, 男性の探偵, 虫めがね |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 탐정 | 남자, 스파이, 탐정, 형사 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男侦探 | 侦探, 男, 男侦探, 间谍 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男偵探 | 偵探, 男, 男偵探 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike speurder
- Akan (ak): Detɛketifo barima
- Albanian (sq): hetues
- Amharic (am): ወንድ መርማሪ ፖሊስ
- Armenian (hy): տղամարդ խուզարկու
- Assamese (as): পুৰুষ গুপ্তচৰ
- Azerbaijani (az): kişi detektiv
- Bashkir (ba): ир-ат детектив
- Basque (eu): gizon detektibea
- Belarusian (be): сышчык
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac detektiv
- Breton (br): igounier
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж детектив
- Burmese (my): အမျိုးသား စုံထောက်
- Cantonese (yue): 男偵探
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男侦探
- Catalan (ca): detectiu home
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᎦᏛᏂᏙᎯ
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын-детектив
- Croatian (hr): istražitelj
- Czech (cs): kriminální inspektor
- Danish (da): mandlig detektiv
- Estonian (et): meesdetektiiv
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): detetive (homem)
- Faroese (fo): mannligur detektivur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking detektib
- Finnish (fi): miesetsivä
- Galician (gl): detective de sexo masculino
- Georgian (ka): დეტექტივი კაცი
- Gujarati (gu): ગુપ્તચર
- Hausa (ha): mutum si’aidi
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): male detective
- Hungarian (hu): nyomozó
- Icelandic (is): karlkyns spæjari
- Igbo (ig): nwoke nchọpụta
- Irish (ga): bleachtaire fireann
- Javanese (jv): dhetektif lanang
- Kannada (kn): ಪುರುಷ ಗೂಢಾಚಾರಿ
- Kazakh (kk): детектив ер адам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بارلاۋشى ەر ادام
- Khmer (km): អ្នកស៊ើបអង្កេតប្រុស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugenzuzi w’umugabo
- Konkani (kok): दादलो गुप्तहेर
- Kyrgyz (ky): детектив киши
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi solonel uxe’
- Lao (lo): ນັກສືບຊາຍ
- Latvian (lv): detektīvs (vīrietis)
- Ligurian (lij): investigatô masccio
- Lithuanian (lt): seklys
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): dedektiw
- Luxembourgish (lb): Detektiv
- Macedonian (mk): детектив
- Malay (ms): mata-mata gelap lelaki
- Malayalam (ml): പുരുഷ കുറ്റാന്വേഷകൻ
- Maltese (mt): ditektiv raġel
- Marathi (mr): पुरुष गुप्त पोलीस
- Mongolian (mn): эрэгтэй мөрдөгч
- Māori (mi): kaikimihara tāne
- Nepali (ne): पुरूष अनुसन्धानकर्ता
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mán Ditẹ́ktiv
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna wa lephodisa
- Norwegian (no): mannlig detektiv
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg detektiv
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ ଡିଟେକ୍ଟିଭ୍‌
- Oromo (om): dhiira qorataa
- Pashto (ps): سړی څیړونکی پولیس
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੁਰਸ਼ ਜਸੂਸ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جاسوس بندہ
- Quechua (qu): tata qhamiyaq
- Romanian (ro): detectiv bărbat
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): lorgaire fireann
- Serbian (sr): детектив
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): detektiv
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸွပ်ႇၸၢႆး
- Sindhi (sd): مرد جاسوس
- Sinhala (si): අපරාධ පරීක්ෂකයා
- Slovak (sk): detektív muž
- Slovenian (sl): detektiv
- Somali (so): nin dambi-baare ah
- Swahili (sw): jasusi mwanamume
- Tajik (tg): марди детектив
- Tamil (ta): ஆண் துப்பறியும் நிபுணர்
- Telugu (te): నేర పరిశోధకుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ መርማሪ
- Tongan (to): tangata fakatotolo
- Tswana (tn): leteketifi la monna
- Turkmen (tk): erkek aňtawçy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): detektiw
- Urdu (ur): مرد جاسوس
- Uyghur (ug): ئەر رازۋېدچىك
- Uzbek (uz): erkak izquvar
- Welsh (cy): ditectif gwrywaidd
- Wolof (wo): góor detektif
- Xhosa (xh): umcuphi oyindoda
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin ọ̀tẹlèmúyé
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin ɔ̀tɛlèmúyé
- Zulu (zu): umseshi wesilisa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F575 U+FE0F U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🕵️‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F575\FE0F\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F575}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F575\uFE0F\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 95 B5 EF B8 8F E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD75 FE0F 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%95%B5%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🕵️‍♂️ man detective emoji mean?

A man in a hat and coat on the case. Use it for male detectives, spies and investigators, for mystery stories, and for playfully saying you are snooping or looking into something.

### How do I type the 🕵️‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man 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 :male_detective:.

### When was the 🕵️‍♂️ emoji added?

🕵️‍♂️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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

U+1F575 U+FE0F U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🕵️‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F575}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{2642}\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/man-detective-emoji