♂️ Male Sign is an emoji from the Symbols category. Its Unicode code point is U+2642 and it was released in Emoji 4.0 (2016). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ♂️ Male Sign mean?
The ♂️ Male Sign emoji belongs to the gender signs group of the Symbols category. You will see it in chats and captions related to male, man and sign. Male Sign has been available since Emoji 4.0 (2016), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :male_sign: to insert it.
Male Sign emoji codes
| Emoji | ♂️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2642 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ♂ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ♂ |
| CSS | \2642 |
| JavaScript | \u{2642} |
| Python | \u2642 |
| URL-encoded | %E2%99%82 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 99 82 |
| Shortcode | :male_sign: |
How to type ♂️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “male sign”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “male sign”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “male”.
- HTML: write
♂in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Male Sign keywords
- male
- man
- sign
Frequently asked questions
What does ♂️ mean?
The ♂️ Male Sign emoji belongs to the gender signs group of the Symbols category. You will see it in chats and captions related to male, man and sign. Male Sign has been available since Emoji 4.0 (2016), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :male_sign: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Male Sign emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ♂️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ♂️ Male Sign added to Unicode?
Male Sign was released as part of Emoji 4.0 in 2016.
Related Gender Signs emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.