# 🧑‍🔧 Mechanic emoji

🧑‍🔧 Mechanic is an emoji in the jobs and roles set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.1 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: electrician, plumber and tradesperson.

- Emoji: 🧑‍🔧
- Unicode name: mechanic
- Code points: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F527
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 12.1 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :mechanic:
- Keywords: electrician, mechanic, plumber, tradesperson
- Page: https://emojichart.com/mechanic-emoji

## What it means

A person in work clothes holding a wrench, representing repair and skilled trades. It is used for mechanics, plumbers, electricians and other tradespeople, and for anything that needs fixing or tinkering.

## Skin tones

- 🧑🏻‍🔧 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mechanic-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F527
- 🧑🏼‍🔧 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mechanic-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F527
- 🧑🏽‍🔧 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mechanic-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F527
- 🧑🏾‍🔧 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mechanic-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F527
- 🧑🏿‍🔧 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mechanic-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F527

## What it's made of

🧑‍🔧 is 3 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧑 [Person](https://emojichart.com/person-emoji.md) (U+1F9D1)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. 🔧 [Wrench](https://emojichart.com/wrench-emoji.md) (U+1F527)

## How to type 🧑‍🔧

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | profesional de la mecánica | electricista, fontanero, mecánico, operario, profesional de la mecánica, técnico |
| Français (fr) | mécanicien (tous genres) | artisan, électricien, électricienne, mécanicien, mécanicien (tous genres), mécanicienne, plombier |
| Deutsch (de) | Mechaniker(in) | Elektriker(in), Klempner(in), Mechaniker(in) |
| Italiano (it) | meccanico | elettricista, idraulico, meccanico, tecnico specializzato |
| Português (pt) | mecânico trabalhando | eletricista, encanador, mecânico, mecânico trabalhando, prestador de serviço |
| Nederlands (nl) | monteur | elektricien, handelsman, loodgieter, monteur |
| Svenska (sv) | mekaniker | elektriker, mekaniker, rörmontör |
| Polski (pl) | mechanik | elektryk, hydraulik, mechanik |
| Türkçe (tr) | tamirci | elektrikçi, tamirci, tesisatçı |
| Русский (ru) | механик | механик, сантехник, специалист, электрик |
| Українська (uk) | фахівець із механіки | електрик, майстер, механік, сантехнік, фахівець із механіки |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μηχανικός | ειδικευμένος εργάτης, ηλεκτρολόγος, μηχανικός, υδραυλικός |
| العربية (ar) | خبير ميكانيكي | تاجر, حرفي, خبير ميكانيكي, سباك, كهربائي, ميكانيكي |
| עברית (he) | מכונאי/ת | אינסטלטור, אינסטלטורית, חשמלאי, חשמלאית, מכונאי, מכונאי/ת, מכונאית, שרברב |
| فارسی (fa) | مکانیک | برق‌کار, لوله‌کش, مکانیک |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मैकेनिक | नलसाज़, बिजली का काम करने वाला, मैकेनिक, व्यापारी |
| বাংলা (bn) | মেকানিক | ইলেকট্রিশিয়ান, ছোট ব্যবসাদার, প্লামবার, মেকানিক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | mekanik | mekanik, pekerja terlatih, tukang ledeng, tukang listrik |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | thợ máy | thợ điện, thợ máy, thợ sửa ống nước, thợ thủ công |
| ไทย (th) | ช่างกล | ช่าง, ช่างกล, ช่างประปา, ช่างไฟฟ้า |
| 日本語 (ja) | 整備士 | スパナ, メカニック, 作業員, 工作, 整備士 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 정비공 | 배관공, 전기 기사, 정비공 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 技工 | 技工, 水管工, 电工 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 技工 | 修理, 工人, 師傅, 技工 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): werktuigkundige
- Akan (ak): Mɛkanike
- Albanian (sq): person mekanik
- Amharic (am): ሜካኒክ
- Armenian (hy): փականագործ
- Assamese (as): মেকানিক
- Azerbaijani (az): mexanik
- Bashkir (ba): механик
- Basque (eu): mekanikaria
- Belarusian (be): механік
- Bosnian (bs): mehaničar
- Breton (br): mekaniker
- Bulgarian (bg): механик
- Burmese (my): စက်ပြင်သူ
- Canadian French (fr-CA): mécanicien
- Cantonese (yue): 機械技工
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 机械技工
- Catalan (ca): mecànic
- Cherokee (chr): ᏙᏆᎴᎷ ᎣᏍᏓ ᏱᏗᎬᏁᎯ
- Chuvash (cv): механик
- Croatian (hr): serviser
- Czech (cs): mechanik/mechanička
- Danish (da): mekaniker
- Estonian (et): mehaanik
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mecânico
- Faroese (fo): mekanikari
- Filipino (fil): mekaniko
- Finnish (fi): mekaanikko
- Galician (gl): profesional da mecánica
- Georgian (ka): ხელოსანი
- Gujarati (gu): યંત્ર - કારીગર
- Hausa (ha): mai gyaran mota
- Hungarian (hu): szerelő / szerelőnő
- Icelandic (is): vélvirki
- Igbo (ig): onye na-arụzi ụgbọala
- Irish (ga): meicneoir
- Javanese (jv): montir
- Kannada (kn): ಮೆಕ್ಯಾನಿಕ್
- Kazakh (kk): механик
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): مەحانيك
- Khmer (km): ជាងម៉ាស៊ីន
- Konkani (kok): मॅकानीक
- Kyrgyz (ky): механик
- Lao (lo): ຊ່າງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis mehāniķis
- Ligurian (lij): mecanico
- Lithuanian (lt): remontuojantis žmogus
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mechanikaŕ
- Macedonian (mk): механичар
- Malay (ms): mekanik
- Malayalam (ml): മെക്കാനിക്ക്
- Marathi (mr): तंत्रज्ञ
- Mongolian (mn): механик
- Nepali (ne): मेकानिक
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mẹkánik
- Norwegian (no): mekaniker
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mekanikar
- Occitan (oc): mecanician
- Odia (or): ମେକାନିକ
- Oromo (om): mekaanikii
- Pashto (ps): مستري
- Punjabi (pa): ਮਸ਼ੀਨਸਾਜ਼
- Quechua (qu): mecanico
- Romanian (ro): mecanic
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): meacanaig
- Serbian (sr): механичар
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): mehaničar
- Shan (shn): မေႃၸၢၵ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): مستري
- Sinhala (si): කාර්මිකයා
- Slovak (sk): remeselník
- Slovenian (sl): serviser
- Somali (so): makaanik
- Swahili (sw): makanika
- Tamil (ta): மெக்கானிக்
- Telugu (te): మెకానిక్
- Tigrinya (ti): መካኒክ
- Tongan (to): ʻenisia
- Turkmen (tk): mehanik
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mechanikar/ka
- Urdu (ur): مکینک
- Uzbek (uz): mexanik
- Welsh (cy): mecanig
- Yoruba (yo): mẹkáníìkì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): mɛkáníìkì
- Zulu (zu): umakhenikha

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F527` |
| HTML | `🧑‍🔧` |
| CSS | `\1F9D1\200D\1F527` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F527}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9D1\u200D\U0001F527` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F 94 A7` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDD1 200D D83D DD27` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%94%A7` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧑‍🔧 mechanic emoji mean?

A person in work clothes holding a wrench, representing repair and skilled trades. It is used for mechanics, plumbers, electricians and other tradespeople, and for anything that needs fixing or tinkering.

### How do I type the 🧑‍🔧 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “mechanic”. 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 :mechanic:.

### When was the 🧑‍🔧 emoji added?

🧑‍🔧 was added in Emoji 12.1, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧑‍🔧?

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F527. In HTML you can write 🧑‍🔧, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F527}.

### 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/mechanic-emoji