The old man: dark skin tone emoji channels pure grandpa energy—think wisdom, warmth, and a side of “back in my day.” On Apple/iOS, he’s a front-facing bust with deep brown skin, a calm closed-mouth smile, and that unmistakable balding head with gray hair hugging the sides. You’ll spot soft Apple gradients, gentle lines that read as wrinkles, tidy eyebrows, and a simple, muted shirt or sweater that keeps the focus on his friendly face. No props, no fuss—just classic elder vibes with the polished, rounded Apple look.
People drop this emoji when telling cozy stories about Pops, shouting out the family patriarch, or joking that they feel 87 after one leg day. It’s perfect for playful “boomer” banter, nostalgic “back in my day” rants, or calling out a friend for using Facebook like it’s the town square. In memes, it doubles as the “my knees after two flights of stairs” mood, or the “me discovering what a PDF is” tech-struggle punchline. It can even land flirtatiously ironic—an “OG” or “zaddy but make it retired” wink—though it mostly leans loving, wise, and a little cheeky. Pair it with 👓, 📰, ☕, or 🦯 to complete the granddad cinematic universe, or use it earnestly to honor elders at birthdays, family cookouts, and Grandparents Day.
The Older Man emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3586 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
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| Previous Names: | Black Older Man |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👴🏿 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👴🏿 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👴 🏿 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👴 🏿 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f474, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F474, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128116, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xB4, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 B4, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 264, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC74, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc74, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56436, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F474 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F474, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128116, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F474\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xb4\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC74\uD83C\uDFFF" |
