# 🧝‍♂️ Man elf emoji

🧝‍♂️ Man elf is an emoji in the fantasy people set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: elves, enchantment, fantasy, folklore, magic and magical.

- Emoji: 🧝‍♂️
- Unicode name: man elf
- Code points: U+1F9DD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- GitHub shortcode: :elf_man:
- Keywords: elf, elves, enchantment, fantasy, folklore, magic, magical, man, myth
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-elf-emoji

## What it means

Depicts a male elf, a pointed-eared magical being from fantasy and folklore. Messages use it for elves in books, games and movies, and for fantasy costumes and magical themes.

## Skin tones

- 🧝🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-elf-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧝🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-elf-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧝🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-elf-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧝🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-elf-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧝🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-elf-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🧝‍♂️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧝 [Elf](https://emojichart.com/elf-emoji.md) (U+1F9DD)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
4. 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 elf”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man elf”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man elf”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man elf”.
- GitHub: Type :elf_man: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | elfo hombre | elfo, elfo hombre, mágico |
| Français (fr) | elfe homme | elfe homme, magique |
| Deutsch (de) | Elf | Alb, Elbe, Elf, magisch |
| Italiano (it) | elfo uomo | elfo uomo, magico |
| Português (pt) | elfo homem | duende homem, elfo, elfo homem |
| Nederlands (nl) | mannelijke elf | magisch, mannelijke elf |
| Svenska (sv) | manlig alv | magisk, manlig alv |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna elf | magiczny, mężczyzna elf |
| Türkçe (tr) | erkek elf | erkek elf, sihirli |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина-эльф | магия, мужчина, мужчина-эльф, сказка, уши, фэнтези, эльф |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік-ельф | чарівний, чоловік-ельф |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας ξωτικό | άντρας ξωτικό, μαγικός |
| العربية (ar) | جنّي صغير ذكر | جنّي صغير ذكر, ذكر إلف, ذكر إيلف, كائن سحري, مخلوق سحري |
| עברית (he) | אלף בן | אלף בן, יצור קסום |
| فارسی (fa) | اِلف مرد | اِلف مرد, جادویی, سحرآمیز |
| हिन्दी (hi) | जादुई पुरुष | जादुई, जादुई पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | পুরুষ এল্ফ | জাদুকরী, পুরুষ এল্ফ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kurcaci pria | ajaib, kurcaci pria |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nam quỷ | nam quỷ, phép thuật |
| ไทย (th) | เอลฟ์ผู้ชาย | จอมเวทย์, เอลฟ์ผู้ชาย |
| 日本語 (ja) | 男のエルフ | エルフ, 男, 男のエルフ, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 엘프 | 남자 엘프, 마법, 신화, 엘프, 요정, 전설, 판타지 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男小精灵 | 男小精灵, 男性魔术 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男精靈 | 男精靈 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike elf
- Akan (ak): Ɛlefo barima
- Albanian (sq): burrë kukudh
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ኤልፍ
- Armenian (hy): տղամարդ-էլֆ
- Assamese (as): পুৰুষ এল্ফ
- Azerbaijani (az): kişi elf
- Bashkir (ba): ир-ат эльф
- Basque (eu): gizon elfo
- Belarusian (be): мужчына-эльф
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac patuljak
- Breton (br): elf
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж елф
- Burmese (my): အမျိုးသား နတ်သူငယ်
- Cantonese (yue): 男精靈
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男精灵
- Catalan (ca): home elf
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏴᏫ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): эльф арҫын
- Croatian (hr): vilenjak
- Czech (cs): elf
- Danish (da): elvermand
- Estonian (et): meespäkapikk
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): elfo (homem)
- Faroese (fo): mannfólka álvur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking duwende
- Finnish (fi): mieshaltia
- Galician (gl): elfo de sexo masculino
- Georgian (ka): კაცი ელფი
- Gujarati (gu): પુરુષ ઈલ્ફ
- Hausa (ha): jinsiri namiji
- Hungarian (hu): férfi tünde
- Icelandic (is): huldukarl
- Igbo (ig): nwoke elfụ
- Irish (ga): síofra fireann
- Javanese (jv): peri lanang
- Kannada (kn): ಪುರುಷ ಯಕ್ಷ
- Kazakh (kk): ер ергежейлі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ەر ەرگەجەيلى
- Khmer (km): អែលហ្វប្រុស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ishitanigabo
- Konkani (kok): वनदेव
- Kyrgyz (ky): эркек эльф
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi jalwach
- Lao (lo): ເອວຟ໌ຜູ້ຊາຍ
- Latvian (lv): elfu vīrietis
- Lithuanian (lt): elfas vyras
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): muskecy elf
- Luxembourgish (lb): Elfemann
- Macedonian (mk): маж шумски елф
- Malay (ms): orang halus lelaki
- Malayalam (ml): ആൺ ദുർഭൂതം
- Maltese (mt): għafrit raġel
- Marathi (mr): वनदेवता
- Mongolian (mn): эрэгтэй одой
- Māori (mi): erepe tāne
- Nepali (ne): सानो छोरोमान्छेको स्वरुप भएको जीव
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mán Ẹlf
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna wa matla a magolo
- Norwegian (no): mannlig alv
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg alv
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ ଏଲଫ୍‍
- Pashto (ps): سړی ګوړا
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੌਣਾ ਆਦਮੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بُھوت بندا
- Quechua (qu): tata elfo
- Romanian (ro): bărbat elf
- Sardinian (sc): alvu òmine
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ailbhear fireann
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац виловњак
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac vilovnjak
- Shan (shn): ဢႄးလ်ၾ်ၽူႈၸၢႆး
- Sindhi (sd): مرد بونا
- Sinhala (si): පිරිමි එල්ෆ්
- Slovak (sk): elf
- Slovenian (sl): škrat
- Somali (so): ruuxaanta ragga
- Swahili (sw): kibwengo dume
- Tajik (tg): марди пакана
- Tamil (ta): ஆண் எல்ஃப்
- Telugu (te): మాంత్రికుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ኤልፍ
- Tongan (to): kiʻi feeli tangata
- Tswana (tn): monna wa mankge mo ditlhamaneng
- Turkmen (tk): erkek elf
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muski soninak
- Urdu (ur): پریت آدمی
- Uyghur (ug): ئەر پىر
- Uzbek (uz): erkak elf
- Welsh (cy): coblyn gwrwywaidd
- Wolof (wo): elfe bu góor
- Xhosa (xh): uhili oyindoda
- Yoruba (yo): egbére ọkùnrin
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): egbére ɔkùnrin
- Zulu (zu): i-elf yesilisa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9DD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧝‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F9DD\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9DD}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9DD\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 9D E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDDD 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%9D%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧝‍♂️ man elf emoji mean?

Depicts a male elf, a pointed-eared magical being from fantasy and folklore. Messages use it for elves in books, games and movies, and for fantasy costumes and magical themes.

### How do I type the 🧝‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man elf”. 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 :elf_man:.

### When was the 🧝‍♂️ emoji added?

🧝‍♂️ was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

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

U+1F9DD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧝‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9DD}\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-elf-emoji