The man’s shoe emoji is your go-to signal for dressing sharp: think job interviews, wedding receptions, or that one night you promised to “actually wear real clothes.” It telegraphs polished energy—clean fit, tight laces, and a little bit of “my shoe game just leveled up.” People drop it in fit checks, event invites, and anytime they want to say they’re stepping out with grown-up drip instead of sneakers.
On the timeline, it flexes as shorthand for formal plans, or ironically when someone overdresses for a grocery run. Pair it with a door to mean getting kicked out, or with a walking emoji to say “on my way, but make it fancy.” It also pops up in empathy jokes and hot takes—“put yourself in my shoes”—and in memes about corporate life vs. comfy kicks. Expect dad-at-the-wedding vibes, Gatsby party fantasies, and Don Draper energy all laced into one.
On Apple devices, this emoji looks like a glossy brown leather lace-up in side profile, facing right with a tidy row of eyelets, neat stitching, and a low stacked heel. The silhouette reads like a classic oxford/derby hybrid, with a subtle cap-toe feel and a tasteful shine that screams freshly polished. Even tiny, you’ll spot that warm brown color, the smooth vamp, and those crisp laces that say: not a sneaker, not a boot—just timeless formal footwear.
Definition
A shoe belonging to a man which is in step. It has a black sole. This emoji was moved and replaced by the Athletic Shoe in iOS 5. Good choice Apple. Props for leaving it in.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1230 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:mans_shoe:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Mans Shoe
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Clothing and Accessories
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Clothing and Accessories
Names & Annotations
MANS SHOE
Symbol Information
U+1F45E proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-4CC
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#92 'Shoe' くつ 「kutsu」 U+E699 SJIS-F8FA JIS-7A6E
KDDI
#336 紳士靴 U+E5B7 SJIS-F7E7 JIS-7869
Softbank
#219 #old7 靴 U+E007 SJIS-F947
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - 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)
1f45e
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F45E
Decimal Code Point(s)
128094
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x9E
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 9E
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 236
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC5E
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc5e
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56414
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F45E
UTF-32 Hex
01F45E
UTF-32 Dec
128094
Python Src
u"\U0001F45E"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\x9e"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC5E"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)