The person wearing turban: dark skin tone emoji brings dignified drip and cultural pride in one tiny square. It’s commonly used to represent Sikh identity and South Asian heritage, as well as anyone who wears a turban for faith, culture, fashion, or ceremony. You’ll see it in messages about family elders, weddings (big baraat energy), Vaisakhi celebrations, temple or gurdwara visits, or travel posts from Punjab and beyond. People often pair it with folded hands, sparkles, or hearts to add respect, blessings, or festive vibes—and plenty use it in bios as a clear badge of identity.
On Apple/iOS, the design shows a clean, front-facing bust with a neatly wrapped turban—often in cool blue or teal tones—crisp fold lines, and a calm, neutral expression; the dark skin tone modifier gives a rich brown complexion that feels warm and true-to-life. The layered wrap rings make it instantly recognizable even at small sizes, and the overall look is composed and respectful, not cartoony. Online, it can also pop up playfully to announce a “headwrap day” or a sharp formal fit—just remember it’s tied to real traditions, so keep the tone thoughtful when it represents someone’s faith. In group chats, it’s a fast way to say “cultural flair incoming” or “see you at the gurdwara” without typing a paragraph.
The Man with Turban emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3598 of 2393 |
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| 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 |
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| Previous Names: | Black Man with Turban Man Wearing Turban: Dark Skin Tone person wearing turban: dark skin tone man wearing turban: dark skin tone |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
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| 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) | 1f473, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F473, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128115, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xB3, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 B3, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 263, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC73, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc73, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56435, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F473 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F473, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128115, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F473\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xb3\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC73\uD83C\uDFFF" |
