The man: curly hair emoji is the internet’s shorthand for “guy with curls” energy—think ringlets, coils, and that gravity-defying bounce that screams good conditioner day. People drop it in texts to represent themselves, their curly-haired friends or partners, or to hype a fresh cut, perm, or diffuser-dried masterpiece. It shows up in thirsty comments (“sir, the curls…”) and in comedic posts about humidity betrayal, wash-day sagas, and curl routines that use four products and a prayer. You’ll also see it used ironically when someone claims they “just rolled out of bed” with runway-ready spirals.
On Apple/iOS, the design is a forward-facing bust of a man with springy, dark-brown curls clustered over the forehead and crown, a friendly half-smile, and a simple blue crew-neck shirt; the default is the classic yellow skin tone with support for skin-tone modifiers. The curls are the star: dense, rounded, and instantly distinct from the straight- or wavy-haired variants. Visually it reads clean and modern, with soft shading and that unmistakable Apple polish. Culturally, it nods to everything from 80s perm nostalgia to modern TikTok “curl check” trends, K-pop perm phases, and the enduring meme that “boys with curls have main-character energy.” In chats and captions, it can be flirty, dramatic, or just plain goofy—perfect for announcing a barbershop day, celebrating volume, or joking about frizz season.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1803 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| 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: | Man, Curly Haired |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 12 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👨🦱 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 3 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👨🦱 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👨 ‍ 🦱 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👨 ‍ 🦱 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f468, 200d, 1f9b1 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F468, U+200D, U+1F9B1 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128104, 8205, 129457 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xB1 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 A8, E2 80 8D, F0 9F A6 B1 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 250, 342 200 215, 360 237 246 261 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDDB1 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc68, 200d, d83eddb1 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56424, 8205, 55358 56753 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F468 0x0000200D 0x0001F9B1 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F468, 200D, 01F9B1 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128104, 8205, 129457 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F468\u200D\U0001F9B1" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\xa6\xb1" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83E\uDDB1" |
