The man: bald emoji is the internet’s smooth-operator—no hair, no problem, just confident chrome-dome energy. People drop it for self-deprecating hairline humor, “shave it, king” encouragement, or to roast a tragic barber visit that went a little too enthusiastic with the clippers. It also shows up in wholesome support posts about alopecia or chemo, and in thirst tweets where bald = zaddy, obviously.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a front-facing, bust-style portrait of a man with a calm, neutral smile and a perfectly clean scalp—no hairline, no stubble, just glossy minimalism. The styling is flat and friendly, with soft gradients and a simple, cool-toned shirt (exact shade can vary by version), no accessories, and that unmistakable smooth crown you can spot instantly at thumb-scroll speed. Skin tone modifiers apply, and the expression stays pleasantly neutral—more “I own my look” than “midlife crisis.”
In the meme wilds, it tags posts about The Rock, Vin Diesel, Mr. Clean, or anyone embracing aerodynamics to run faster into Monday. It’s used ironically in “new haircut reveal” jokes, in “summer heat had me like” meltdown posts, or as the punchline to a receding-hairline saga. You’ll also see it in TikTok “bald filter” reactions, supportive “bald is beautiful” comments, and shiny-head “mirror check” memes that promise 200% reflection and 0% drag.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1512 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, Bald |
| 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, 1f9b2 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F468, U+200D, U+1F9B2 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128104, 8205, 129458 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xB2 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 A8, E2 80 8D, F0 9F A6 B2 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 250, 342 200 215, 360 237 246 262 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC68, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDDB2 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc68, 200d, d83eddb2 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56424, 8205, 55358 56754 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F468 0x0000200D 0x0001F9B2 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F468, 200D, 01F9B2 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128104, 8205, 129458 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F468\u200D\U0001F9B2" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xa8\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\xa6\xb2" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83E\uDDB2" |
