The detective: dark skin tone emoji is your inner internet sleuth made visible—perfect for when you’re cross-referencing receipts, creeping (respectfully) on someone’s socials, or piecing together who liked whose story at 2:13 a.m. It’s big “we did our research” energy, often dropped with a playful accusation, a wink of suspicion, or a triumphant “caught you in 4K.” Expect it in group chats during catfish hunts, in tweets about messy timelines, or anytime you’re doing a little light recon before spilling the tea. It also shows up ironically—think CSI-style “zoom and enhance” jokes, or when you’re absolutely not minding your business and proud of it.
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot a person in a brown trench coat and matching fedora with a dark hatband, holding a silver magnifying glass that enlarges one eye with a cool bluish tint. The face and visible hand appear in a rich dark complexion, with a calm, confident expression that reads “case almost closed.” The whole bust-forward pose channels classic film-noir PI vibes—Sherlock meets hard-boiled gumshoe energy, minus the smoke. Use it flirtatiously (“sooo I investigated your playlist and… respect”), dramatically (exposing plot holes in a show), or humorously (finding the one crumb you dropped in 2017). It’s a staple for internet sleuthing culture and a stylish nod to the art of connecting the dots.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3638 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: | Man Detective: Dark Skin Tone detective: dark skin tone man detective: dark skin tone |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - 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) | 1f575, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F575, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128373, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x95 0xB5, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 95 B5, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 225 265, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDD75, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddd75, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56693, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F575 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F575, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128373, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F575\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x95\xb5\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDD75\uD83C\uDFFF" |
