The man tipping hand is the internet’s customer-service-meets-sass moment: a guy presenting information with a palm-up flourish like, “Here you go, bestie.” It descends from the classic “information desk person,” but with a distinctly dude-ish vibe that reads helpful, smug, or flirty depending on context. On Apple devices, he’s a clean-cut man in a blue top, head slightly tilted, wearing a small, knowing smile while his right hand floats palm-up like a tiny serving tray. The iOS styling is glossy and softly shaded, front-facing bust only, giving it that polished, concierge-at-a-fancy-hotel energy.
People use it for sarcastic reveals (“as you can see”), humblebrags (“not to flex, but…”), and dramatic Vanna White ta-da moments when dropping receipts. It’s also a go-to for “on the one hand” takes, tech-support-but-make-it-sassy replies, or flirty waiter energy when you’re serving options. Paired with ✨ or 🧾, it screams “presenting the facts” with polite shade; with 🔗, it’s “allow me to direct you to the source.” In meme land, it doubles as the universal gesture for “problem solved,” “told you so,” or “that’ll be all.” Skin tone modifiers and related variants (woman/person tipping hand) keep the vibe inclusive while preserving the iconic head-tilt-and-hand-flip pose everyone recognizes.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1654 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 | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 💁♂️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 4 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 💁♂️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 💁 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 💁 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f481, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F481, U+200D, U+2642, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128129, 8205, 9794, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x81, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xE2 0x99 0x82, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 92 81, E2 80 8D, E2 99 82, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 222 201, 342 200 215, 342 231 202, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC81, 0x200D, 0x2642, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc81, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56449, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F481 0x0000200D 0x00002642 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F481, 200D, 2642, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128129, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F481\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x92\x81\xe2\x80\x8d\xe2\x99\x82\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC81\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |