The guard: dark skin tone emoji is your instantly recognizable British palace protector—bearskin hat towering, red tunic crisp, and expression set to “nothing breaks my poker face.” It’s the go-to when you’re declaring boundaries, posting “security is tight,” or joking that you’re guarding snacks like they’re crown jewels. Online, it reads as stoic, unbothered, and hilariously serious—perfect for texts like “I’m gatekeeping this playlist” or “mods are on duty.” It also pops up with royal tea jokes, London vibes, and that deadpan “don’t test me” energy.
On Apple, expect a front-facing bust portrait: glossy black bearskin hat, slim chinstrap, vivid red coat with neat detailing, and a calm, composed face. People use it earnestly for protection or responsibility (“I’ll watch the group chat”), but it shines in sarcasm: guarding your heart, your fries, or your weekend plans with ceremonial intensity. Thanks to memes of tourists trying to crack a guard’s smile, it doubles as the ultimate “unflappable” reaction—unbothered, moisturized, in formation, standing on business.
The Guardsman emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3628 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 Guardsman Man Guard: Dark Skin Tone guard: dark skin tone man guard: 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) | 1f482, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F482, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128130, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x82, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 92 82, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 222 202, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC82, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc82, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56450, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F482 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F482, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128130, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F482\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x92\x82\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC82\uD83C\uDFFF" |
