# 🙆🏼‍♂️ Man gesturing OK emoji: medium-light skin tone

🙆🏼‍♂️ is the man gesturing OK emoji (🙆‍♂️) with medium-light skin tone. It's 🙆‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🙆🏼‍♂️
- Unicode name: man gesturing OK: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F646 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🙆‍♂️ Man gesturing OK](https://emojichart.com/man-gesturing-ok-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-gesturing-ok-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A man making a circle with his arms overhead to signal okay. Use it to agree, to say a plan works or everything is fine, and to give a cheerful, thumbs-up style approval.

## Other skin tones

- 🙆‍♂️ [Man gesturing OK](https://emojichart.com/man-gesturing-ok-emoji.md)
- 🙆🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-gesturing-ok-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F646 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙆🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-gesturing-ok-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F646 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙆🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-gesturing-ok-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F646 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙆🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-gesturing-ok-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F646 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

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

1. 🙆 [Person gesturing OK](https://emojichart.com/person-gesturing-ok-emoji.md) (U+1F646)
2. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)
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 gesturing OK”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man gesturing OK”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man gesturing OK”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man gesturing OK”, then pick medium-light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre haciendo el gesto de "de acuerdo": tono de piel claro medio | gesto, hombre haciendo el gesto de "de acuerdo", mano, OK, tono de piel claro medio, vale |
| Français (fr) | homme faisant un geste d’acceptation : peau moyennement claire | d’accord, geste, homme, homme faisant un geste d’acceptation, homme faisant un geste d’accord, main, ok, peau moyennement claire |
| Deutsch (de) | Mann mit Händen auf dem Kopf: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Geste, Hände, Mann, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, oje, OK, omg, über Kopf, Übung |
| Italiano (it) | uomo con gesto OK: carnagione abbastanza chiara | carnagione abbastanza chiara, cerchio, d’accordo, esercizio, gesto, mani, mano, ok, uomo con braccia a cerchio, uomo con braccia alzate, uomo con gesto OK, ymca |
| Português (pt) | homem fazendo gesto de “OK”: pele morena clara | cabeça, exercício, gesto, homem, mão, menino, nossa, ok, pele morena clara |
| Nederlands (nl) | man die OK-gebaar maakt: lichtgetinte huidskleur | gebaar, gebaren, hand, lichtgetinte huidskleur, man, oefening, OK, omg |
| Svenska (sv) | man gestikulerar OK: mellanljus hy | gest, gest för OK, hand, man gestikulerar OK, mellanljus hy, okej |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna pokazujący gest OK: karnacja średnio jasna | entuzjazm, karnacja średnio jasna, mężczyzna, mężczyzna pokazujący gest OK, ojej, ojej!, ok, OK, podskok do góry, ręce, ręce w górze, zachwyt |
| Türkçe (tr) | tamam hareketi yapan erkek: orta açık cilt tonu | adam, aman allah, aman tanrım, egzersiz, el, eller, eller yukarı, erkek, hareket, insan, orta açık cilt tonu, tamam, tamam hareketi yapan erkek |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина за: светлый тон кожи | вверх, жест, за, зарядка, мужчина, окей, омг, отлично, руки, светлый тон кожи, хорошо |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що жестом показує «окей»: помірно світлий тон шкіри | добре, домовились, згода, ок, помірно світлий тон шкіри, чоловік, чоловік погоджується, чоловік, що жестом показує «окей», що жестом показує «окей» |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας συμφωνεί: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, άντρας συμφωνεί, άσκηση, ασκούμαι, εντάξει, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, χειρονομία, χέρι, ωχ θεέ μου |
| العربية (ar) | موافق: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | أو كي, إشارة موافقة, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, تأشير, تمرين, رجل, موافق, يا إلهي, يا الله, يتمرن |
| עברית (he) | גבר עם הידיים על הראש: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | אדם, אימון, איש, גבר, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, ידיים על הראש |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد می‌پذیرد: پوست روشن | اوکی, باشه, پوست روشن, تأیید, درست, ژشت موافقت, مرد می‌پذیرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ठीक है कहता हुआ पुरुष: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | आदमी, इशारा, ठीक, ठीक है, ठीक है कहता हुआ पुरुष, ठीक है का संकेत देता पुरुष, पुरुष, व्यायाम, हल्की गोरी त्वचा, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | পুরুষের দেখানো ঠিক আছে অঙ্গিভঙ্গি: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অঙ্গিভঙ্গি, ছেলে, ঠিক আছে, পুরুষ, পুরুষের দেখানো ঠিক আছে অঙ্গিভঙ্গি, ব্যক্তি, ব্যায়াম, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, মানুষ, শরীরচর্চা, স্মাইলি, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria mengisyaratkan OKE: warna kulit cerah-sedang | isyarat, laki-laki, lelaki, oke, pria, pria berisyarat oke, pria melingkarkan tangan, pria mengisyaratkan OKE, tangan, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông ra hiệu đồng ý: màu da sáng trung bình | cử chỉ, màu da sáng trung bình, nam, người đàn ông ra hiệu đồng ý, ok, tay |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายทำท่าโอเค: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | ตกลง, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, ผู้ชาย, มือ, ไม่น่าเชื่อ, ออกกำลังกาย, โอเค |
| 日本語 (ja) | OKのポーズをする男: やや薄い肌色 | OK, OKのポーズをする男, オーケー, オッケー, ジェスチャー, やや薄い肌色, 丸, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 오케이라는 제스처를 하는 남자: 연한 갈색 피부 | OK, 맙소사, 손동작, 연한 갈색 피부, 오케이, 오케이라는 제스처를 하는 남자, 좋아 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | OK手势男: 中等-浅肤色 | ok, OK, ok手势男, OK手势男, 中等-浅肤色, 可以, 同意, 好的, 男, 运动 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生手比圈：黃皮膚 | OK, 可以, 圈, 好, 我的天, 男生手比圈, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man wys als is goed: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima reyɛ OK nsɛnkyerɛnne: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë që bën gjestin në rregull: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): የእጅ ምልክት ለእሺ ወንድ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): տղամարդը կողմ է․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): ঠিক আছে ভঙ্গিমা দেখুওৱা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): lehinə olan kişi: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ЯҠШЫ тип ымлаусы ир-ат: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): ados dagoela adierazten ari den gizona: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): мужчына паказвае згоду: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac pokazuje ok: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж, правещ жест за „окей“: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): အဆင်ပြေကြောင်း အမူအရာပြ အမျိုးသား − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme faisant un geste d’affirmation : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 做 OK 手勢嘅男人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 做 OK 手势嘅男人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): home amb gest d’aprovació: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏓᏐᏰᏍᎬ ᎭᏩ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 用手勢表示 OK 嘅男人：黃皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын "Ҫапла" тесе алӑ сулать: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac pokazuje "u redu": svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): muž s gestem souhlasu: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand signalerer ok: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): nõustuvat žesti näitav mees: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem que faz gesto de OK: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): maður sum veipar ok: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking kumukumpas na ok: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): ok-merkkiä näyttävä mies: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): home coas mans na cabeza: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): კაცი ჟესტით „კარგი“: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): પુરુષ ઑકેનો હાવભાવ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai nunawa TO da hannu: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): OK kaa gesture deta aadmi: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): beleegyezést mutató férfi: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður segir allt í lagi: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-egosipta Ọ DỊ MMA: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear ag comharthú OK: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang ngisaratake OK: kulit putih langsep
- Kannada (kn): ಸರಿ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): құптап тұрған ер: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قۇپتاپ تۇرعان ەر: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): បុរសចេញកាយវិការយល់ព្រម: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo werekana ikimenyetso cya Yego: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): बरें आसा असो हावभाव करपी दादलो: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): «жарайт» деп жаткан эркек: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktajin kuk’ut JE’: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍເຮັດມືວ່າໂອເຄ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis ar apstiprinājuma žestu: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo ch’o fa OK: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): leidžiantis vyras: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): muski z rukoma na głowje: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mann, deen OK weist: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж што одобрува: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): lelaki memberi isyarat ok: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): സമ്മതമെന്ന് ആംഗ്യം കാണിക്കുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel jagħmel sinjal ta’ OK: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): ठीक म्हणणारा पुरुष: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): зүгээр гэж харуулж буй эрэгтэй: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): tāne tohu ana ĀE: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): ठीक भएको संकेत दिने छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Tẹk Hand De Shó Sé Na OK I Min: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o re GO LOKILE: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mann som gestikulerer OK: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ଠିକ୍‌ ଅଙ୍ଗଭଙ୍ଗୀ ଦେଖାଉଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira TOLE jedhu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی د او کی اشاره کوي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਠੀਕ ਹੈ ਦਾ ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ٹھیک اے دا اشارہ کردا بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata UYAKUY gestowan: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat făcând un gest de OK: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che tegna ils mauns sin il chau: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine ag aontachadh ri rud: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац показује „ок“: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушкарац показује „ок“: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac pokazuje „ok“: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muškarac pokazuje „ok“: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးၼႄႁၢင်ႈဢူဝ်ႇၶေႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد ٺيڪ جو اشارو ڪندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): හරි බව පෙන්වන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): muž s rukami nad hlavou: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): moški, ki s kretnjo izraža odobravanje: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): nin ku meedaaraya HAA: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): hombre haciendo el gesto de OK: tono de piel claro medio
- Swahili (sw): Mtu anayeonyesha ishara ya NDIO: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки "ОК" ишора карда истодааст: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): தலையில் கைகளை வைத்திருக்கும் ஆண்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): అంగీకరిస్తున్నాను అని చెబుతున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ሕራይ ብኢዱ እናኣመልከተ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata kaunima fetuiaki ʻolunga: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): monna yo o reng GO SIAME ka puo ya matsogo: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): Bolýar ümleýän erkek: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž z rukomaj na hłowje: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): ٹھیک ہے کا اشارہ کرتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ماقۇل دەپ ئىشارە قىلغان ئەر: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak ha demoqda: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn ystumio iawn: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): góor buy liyaar waaw-kay: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): indoda ejekula ukuthi Kulungile: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń sọ ÓDÁRA: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń sɔ ÓDÁRA: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): owesilisa oveza ukuthi kulungile: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F646 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🙆🏼‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F646\1F3FC\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F646}\u{1F3FC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F646\U0001F3FC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 99 86 F0 9F 8F BC E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE46 D83C DFFC 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%99%86%F0%9F%8F%BC%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🙆🏼‍♂️ mean?

A man making a circle with his arms overhead to signal okay. Use it to agree, to say a plan works or everything is fine, and to give a cheerful, thumbs-up style approval. 🙆🏼‍♂️ shows it with medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🙆🏼‍♂️ and 🙆‍♂️?

🙆🏼‍♂️ is the 🙆‍♂️ man gesturing OK emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🙆‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F646 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🙆🏼‍♂️?

Find 🙆‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man gesturing OK”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🙆🏼‍♂️?

U+1F646 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🙆🏼‍♂️

### When was 🙆🏼‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-gesturing-ok-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji