This emoji is the universal “gents’ bathroom this way” sign—handy when you’re announcing a quick BRB bio break, labeling a map screenshot, or live-texting your way through an airport layover. It often moonlights as shorthand for “boys’ night,” “bro energy,” or to poke fun at locker-room talk—used ironically with a side-eye when the chat starts giving off dudes-being-dudes vibes. Pair it with the women’s room emoji for choose-your-fighter jokes, or drop it in a thread when you’re navigating concert venues and food courts like a seasoned mall-walker. Bonus meme use: pointing out that the line for the men’s room is mysteriously empty while the women’s is around the block.
On Apple devices, the icon is a crisp white stick-figure man centered in a vivid blue rounded square, front-facing with simple arms and legs slightly apart—very airport-wayfinding chic. The flat, high-contrast styling makes it feel like a tiny door sign you could slap on a stadium wall, instantly recognizable from malls, cinemas, and rest stops. It nods to mid-century and AIGA/DOT pictogram design: clean, language-free, and visible from across the hallway. In texts and social posts, it reads fast: directions, bathroom humor, or a playful wink at “men only” spaces—used seriously, sarcastically, or just to say, “brb, nature called.”
Definition
A symbol for a man or male. A person wearing pants. Most commonly used on bathrooms reserved for males only. Can also be used in video games when a player sets up their avatar and establishes an avatar of a particular sex.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
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.
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)
703 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:mens:
Keywords
Men, Bathroom, Restroom, Sign, Boy, Male, Avatar
Previous Names:
Mens Symbol
Male Blue Button
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range
1F680–1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory
Signage and Other Symbols
Editorial Comment
A blue button which shows the figure of a man.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Signage and Other Symbols
Names & Annotations
MENS SYMBOL = man symbol = men's restroom
Symbol Information
U+1F6B9 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B33
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[♂]
KDDI
[♂]
Softbank
#357 #old146 男性マーク 「男性maaku」 U+E138 SJIS-F778
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
1f6b9
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F6B9
Decimal Code Point(s)
128697
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0xB9
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 9A B9
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 232 271
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDEB9
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddeb9
UTF-16 Dec
55357 57017
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F6B9
UTF-32 Hex
01F6B9
UTF-32 Dec
128697
Python Src
u"\U0001F6B9"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x9a\xb9"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDEB9"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
