The person: beard emoji is the internet’s shorthand for “I grew facial hair” or “vibes: rugged hipster/dad energy.” It pops up in No‑Shave November posts, beard progress pics, and flirty comments like “beard game strong.” People drop it sarcastically when something takes ages—like, “brb growing a beard while I wait for this download.” It can also scream quarantine scruff, lumberjack cosplay, or wise-sage mode depending on the caption. Bonus nuance: “beard” is also long-standing slang for a cover partner, so you’ll sometimes see it winkingly used in threads about pretend relationships or undercover antics.
On Apple/iOS, the emoji shows a front-facing, head-and-shoulders person with a neat full beard and connected mustache, short hair, and a calm, slightly friendly expression. The default skin is the classic emoji yellow with rich brown hair, simple round eyes, and subtle shading that gives the beard a tidy silhouette along the jawline. There’s no hat or accessories—just a plain shirt and that unmistakable face fuzz rendered in Apple’s glossy, clean gradients. Visually it reads instantly: neutral pose, centered bust, cozy beard that looks more artisanal coffee than mountain hermit.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1449 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 | |
| Previous Names: | Bearded Person |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 11 - 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) | 1f9d4 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9D4 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129492 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x94 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A7 94 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 247 224 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDD4 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddd4 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56788 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9D4 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9D4 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129492 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9D4" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa7\x94" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDD4" |