guard

Guarda

Information

The guard emoji channels the iconic British royal sentry: red tunic, towering black bearskin hat, and a face that says “I will not crack a smile, even if you dab.” It nods to Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guard, which the internet treats like a live-action “try not to laugh” challenge. On Apple, it appears as a front-facing bust with a vivid red jacket, neat buttons, and that plush, oversized hat plus a slim chin strap—no rifle in sight—styled clean and glossy with a calm, stoic expression. It also supports gender and skin tone variants, but the instantly recognizable silhouette stays the star.

Definition

A member of the Queen's Guard wearing the ceremonial military black bearskin hat. Most likely standing guard in front of Buckingham Palace in London, United Kingdom. A British guard.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
2. In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	1710 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:guardsman:
Keywords	Guardsman, Guard, Bearskin, Hat, British, Queen, Ceremonial, Military
Previous Names:	Guardsman Man Guard guard man guard Man with Oversized Beanie

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range	1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory	Role Symbols

Editorial Comment

An emoji that is often mistaken to be a kid wearing a large knit cap or a "thug" emoji.

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory	Role Symbols
Names & Annotations	GUARDSMAN
Symbol Information	U+1F482 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-1B5

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	[衛兵]
KDDI	[衛兵]
Softbank	#293 #old453 衛兵 U+E51E SJIS-FBBE

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	
Decimal HTML Entity	
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	
Hex Code Point(s)	e51e
Formal Unicode Notation	U+E51E
Decimal Code Point(s)	58654
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xEE 0x94 0x9E
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	EE 94 9E
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	356 224 236
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE51E
UTF-16 Hex	e51e
UTF-16 Dec	58654
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000E51E
UTF-32 Hex	E51E
UTF-32 Dec	58654
Python Src	u"\uE51E"
PHP Src	"\xee\x94\x9e"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uE51E"

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	💂
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	💂
Decimal HTML Entity	💂
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	💂
Hex Code Point(s)	1f482
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F482
Decimal Code Point(s)	128130
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x82
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 92 82
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 222 202
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDC82
UTF-16 Hex	d83ddc82
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56450
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F482
UTF-32 Hex	01F482
UTF-32 Dec	128130
Python Src	u"\U0001F482"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x92\x82"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDC82"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)