# 💂🏾‍♂️ Man guard emoji: medium-dark skin tone

💂🏾‍♂️ is the man guard emoji (💂‍♂️) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 💂‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 💂🏾‍♂️
- Unicode name: man guard: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F482 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [💂‍♂️ Man guard](https://emojichart.com/man-guard-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-guard-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Features a male guard in a formal uniform and tall hat, like the sentries at Buckingham Palace. Expect it for guards and security, posts about London or the British royal family, and standing guard.

## Other skin tones

- 💂‍♂️ [Man guard](https://emojichart.com/man-guard-emoji.md)
- 💂🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-guard-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F482 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 💂🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-guard-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F482 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 💂🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-guard-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F482 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 💂🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-guard-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F482 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

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

1. 💂 [Guard](https://emojichart.com/guard-emoji.md) (U+1F482)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)
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 guard”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man guard”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man guard”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man guard”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | guardia hombre: tono de piel oscuro medio | guardia, hombre, tono de piel oscuro medio, vigilante |
| Français (fr) | garde homme : peau mate | garde, homme, peau mate |
| Deutsch (de) | Wachsoldat: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | Buckingham Palace, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, Wache, Wachsoldat |
| Italiano (it) | guardia uomo: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza scura, guardia, maschio, uomo |
| Português (pt) | guarda homem: pele morena escura | guarda, homem, pele morena escura, segurança |
| Nederlands (nl) | mannelijke wachter: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, man, mannelijke wachter, wachter |
| Svenska (sv) | manlig grenadjär: mellanmörk hy | grenadjär, man, manlig grenadjär, manlig vakt, mellanmörk hy, vaktbyte, vaktparad |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna gwardzista: karnacja średnio ciemna | gwardzista, karnacja średnio ciemna, mężczyzna, strażnik |
| Türkçe (tr) | erkek muhafız: orta koyu cilt tonu | adam, erkek, muhafız, orta koyu cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина-гвардеец: темный тон кожи | гвардия, мужчина, мужчина-гвардеец, охрана, почетный караул, солдат, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | вартовий: помірно темний тон шкіри | вартівник, вартовий, помірно темний тон шкіри, страж, чатовий |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας φρουρός: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, φρουρός, φύλακας |
| العربية (ar) | رجل حراسة: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, حارس, خفير, رجل حراسة |
| עברית (he) | מאבטח: גוון עור כהה בינוני | איש, גבר, גוון עור כהה בינוני, מאבטח, שומר |
| فارسی (fa) | گارد مرد: پوست گندمی | پوست گندمی, سرباز هنگ, گارد مرد, گارد نظامی, گارد نظامی مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पुरुष गार्ड: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | आदमी, गार्ड, पुरुष, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলে , পুরুষ গার্ড: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | পুরুষ, প্রাসাদ, বাকিংহ্যাম, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, রক্ষী, লন্ডন, হেলমেট |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | penjaga pria: warna kulit gelap-sedang | keamanan, laki-laki, penjaga, penjaga pria, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bảo vệ nam: màu da tối trung bình | bảo vệ, bảo vệ nam, màu da tối trung bình, nam |
| ไทย (th) | องครักษ์ชาย: โทนผิวสีแทน | โทนผิวสีแทน, ผู้ชาย, องครักษ์, องครักษ์ชาย |
| 日本語 (ja) | 男性の衛兵: やや濃い肌色 | やや濃い肌色, 守衛, 男性, 男性の衛兵, 衛兵, 警備, 門番 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 근위병: 진한 갈색 피부 | 경비대, 경비대원, 근위병, 남자, 런던, 버킹엄 궁전, 진한 갈색 피부, 헬멧 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男卫兵: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 卫兵, 卫士, 守卫, 男, 男卫兵 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男衛兵：褐皮膚 | 憲兵, 男, 男衛兵, 衛兵, 褐皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike wag: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): Barima banbɔfo: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): gardist: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ጠባቂ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): տղամարդ ժամապահ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): পুৰুষ গাৰ্ড: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): kişi keşikçi: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ир-ат һаҡсы: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gizon zaindaria: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): каравульны: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac stražar: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж гвардеец: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): အမျိုးသား အစောင့် − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): garde homme : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 男守衛員: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男守卫员: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): home guarda: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏯᏫᏍᎩ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 男守衛：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): гвардеец арҫын: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): stražar: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): strážce: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mandlig garder: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): meesvalvur: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): segurança (homem): tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): vaktarmaður: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking guwardya: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): miesvartija: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): garda real de sexo masculino: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): მცველი კაცი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): સુરક્ષાકર્મી પુરુષ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): gadi namiji: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): male guard: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): őr: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): karlkyns vörður: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke nche: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): garda oifigeach: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): panjaga lanang: kulit sawo mateng
- Kannada (kn): ಅಂಗರಕ್ಷಕ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): күзетші ер адам: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كۇزەتشى ەر ادام: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ឆ្មាំបុរស: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umurinzi w’ umugabo: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): दादलो गार्ड: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): эркек кароолчу: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi chajinel: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ເວນຍາມຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): apsargs: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): guardia masccio: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): vyras sargybinis: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): stražnik: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Wiechter: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): гардист: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): pengawal lelaki: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): കാവൽക്കാരൻ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): gwardjan raġel: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): रक्षक: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): эрэгтэй харуул: бордуу
- Māori (mi): tautieki tāne: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): पुरूष गार्ड: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mán Gad: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): mohlokomedi wa monna: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mannlig gardist: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg gardist: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ ସୁରକ୍ଷା କର୍ମୀ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira eegaa: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی ساتونکي: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੁਰਸ਼ ਗਾਰਡ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): چوکیدار بندہ: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata guardia: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): gardian bărbat: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): guardian: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): geàrd fireann: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): гардиста: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gardista: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈပႂ်ႉယၢမ်းၸၢႆး: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد نگهبان: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): මුරකාරයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): strážca: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): varnostnik: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): nin illaaliye ah: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mlinzi mwanamume: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): марди посбон: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): ஆண் பாதுகாவலர்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): సంరక్షకుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ሓላዊ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): leʻo tangata: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): modisa wa monna: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): erkek sakçy: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): stražnik: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): مرد گارڈ: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئەر قاراۋۇل: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak qo‘riqchi: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): gwarchodydd gwrywaidd: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): góor guy wattu: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): unogada oyindoda: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin olùṣọ́: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin olùshɔ́: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): unogada wesilisa: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F482 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `&#x1F482;&#x1F3FE;&#x200D;&#x2642;&#xFE0F;` |
| CSS | `\1F482\1F3FE\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F482}\u{1F3FE}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F482\U0001F3FE\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 92 82 F0 9F 8F BE E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC82 D83C DFFE 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%92%82%F0%9F%8F%BE%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 💂🏾‍♂️ mean?

Features a male guard in a formal uniform and tall hat, like the sentries at Buckingham Palace. Expect it for guards and security, posts about London or the British royal family, and standing guard. 💂🏾‍♂️ shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 💂🏾‍♂️ and 💂‍♂️?

💂🏾‍♂️ is the 💂‍♂️ man guard emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 💂‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F482 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 💂🏾‍♂️?

Find 💂‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man guard”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark 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+1F482 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write &#x1F482;&#x1F3FE;&#x200D;&#x2642;&#xFE0F;

### 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-guard-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji
