Symbols · Gender signs
♂️ Male Sign
- Emoji
- ♂️
- Unicode
- U+2642
- Shortcode
- :male_sign:
- HTML code
- ♂
- Approved in
- Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Category
- Symbols
What does the ♂️ emoji mean?
The ♂️ emoji (male sign) is a symbol from the gender signs group. It's used to point, organize or highlight information, and is associated with male, man and sign.
Keywords: male, man, sign.
How ♂️ looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
How to type ♂️ on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “male sign” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “male sign”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “male sign”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “male sign”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :male_sign: |
♂️ emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | male sign |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+2642 |
| HTML decimal | ♂ |
| HTML hex | ♂ |
| CSS | \2642 |
| JavaScript | \u{2642} |
| Shortcode | :male_sign: |
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What does the ♂️ emoji mean?
The ♂️ emoji (male sign) is a symbol from the gender signs group. It's used to point, organize or highlight information, and is associated with male, man and sign.
How do I copy and paste the male sign emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “male sign”.
When was the ♂️ emoji released?
It was approved in Emoji 4.0, in 2016. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.