# 👨🏽‍🍳 Man cook emoji: medium skin tone

👨🏽‍🍳 is the man cook emoji (👨‍🍳) with medium skin tone. It's 👨‍🍳 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 👨🏽‍🍳
- Unicode name: man cook: medium skin tone
- Code points: U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F373
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [👨‍🍳 Man cook](https://emojichart.com/man-cook-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-cook-medium-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A man in chef's whites and a tall hat. It shows up for male chefs and cooks, whether at home or in a restaurant, and in posts about recipes, dinner and food you made.

## Other skin tones

- 👨‍🍳 [Man cook](https://emojichart.com/man-cook-emoji.md)
- 👨🏻‍🍳 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-cook-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F373
- 👨🏼‍🍳 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-cook-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F373
- 👨🏾‍🍳 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-cook-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F373
- 👨🏿‍🍳 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-cook-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F373

## What it's made of

👨🏽‍🍳 is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 👨 [Man](https://emojichart.com/man-emoji.md) (U+1F468)
2. 🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FD)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. 🍳 [Cooking](https://emojichart.com/cooking-emoji.md) (U+1F373)

## How to type 👨🏽‍🍳

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “man cook”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man cook”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man cook”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man cook”, then pick medium skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | chef hombre: tono de piel medio | chef, cocinero, hombre, pinche, tono de piel medio |
| Français (fr) | cuisinier : peau légèrement mate | chef, cuisinier, homme, métier, peau légèrement mate |
| Deutsch (de) | Koch: mittlere Hautfarbe | Koch, Kochen, mittlere Hautfarbe, Restaurant |
| Italiano (it) | cuoco: carnagione olivastra | carnagione olivastra, chef, cucina, cucinare, cuoco, lavoro, ristorante, uomo |
| Português (pt) | cozinheiro: pele morena | chef, cozinheiro, homem, pele morena, restaurante |
| Nederlands (nl) | mannelijke kok: getinte huidskleur | chef-kok, getinte huidskleur, kok, man |
| Svenska (sv) | manlig kock: mellanfärgad hy | man, manlig kock, matlagning, mellanfärgad hy, restaurang |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna kucharz: karnacja średnia | głowa, karnacja średnia, kucharz, mężczyzna, osoba, praca, szef kuchni, zawód |
| Türkçe (tr) | erkek aşçı: orta cilt tonu | adam, erkek, erkek aşçı, meslek, orta cilt tonu, şef, yemek yapma |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина-повар: средний тон кожи | готовить, еда, мужчина, повар, средний тон кожи, шеф |
| Українська (uk) | кухар: помірний тон шкіри | кулінар, кухар, помірний тон шкіри, робота, чоловік, чоловік-кухар, шев-повар, шеф-кухар |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μάγειρας: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, μάγειρας, μαγειρική, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, σεφ |
| العربية (ar) | طباخ: بشرة بلون معتدل | بشرة بلون معتدل, رجل, شيف, طاه, طباخ, طبخ |
| עברית (he) | טבח: גוון עור בינוני | אדם, גבר, גוון עור בינוני, טבח, מבשל, מקצוע, שף |
| فارسی (fa) | آشپز مرد: پوست طلایی | آشپز مرد, آشپزی, پخت و پز, پوست طلایی, سرآشپز, شف |
| हिन्दी (hi) | रसोइया: गेहुँआ त्वचा | आदमी, गेहुँआ त्वचा, पुरुष, महाराज, रसोइया |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলে ,পুরুষ , কুক , পাচক , রাঁধুনি: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | কুক, ছেলে, ছেলে ,পুরুষ , কুক , পাচক , রাঁধুনি, পাচক, পুরুষ, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, রাঁধুনি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | koki pria: warna kulit sedang | dapur, koki, laki-laki, memasak, pekerja, pekerjaan, pemasak, pria, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | đầu bếp nam: màu da trung bình | đầu bếp, đầu bếp nam, màu da trung bình, nam, nấu ăn |
| ไทย (th) | พ่อครัว: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | งาน, เชฟ, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, ผู้ชาย, พ่อครัว |
| 日本語 (ja) | 男性のコック: 中間の肌色 | コック, シェフ, 中間の肌色, 料理, 料理人, 男, 男性, 男性のコック |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 요리사: 갈색 피부 | 갈색 피부, 남자, 셰프, 요리사, 주방장 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男厨师: 中等肤色 | 中等肤色, 做饭, 厨师, 大厨, 男, 男厨师 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男廚師：淺褐皮膚 | 主廚, 大廚, 廚師, 淺褐皮膚, 男, 男廚師 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike kok: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): Barima kuk: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): kuzhinier: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ወንድ አብሳይ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): տղամարդ խոհարար․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): পুৰুষ ৰান্ধনি: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): kişi aşbaz: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ир-ат ашнаҡсы: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gizon sukaldaria: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): кухар: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): kuhar muškarac: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж готвач: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): အမျိုးသား စားဖိုမှူး − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): cuisinier : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 男廚師: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男厨师: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): home cuiner: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏓᏍᏓᏴᎲᏍᎦ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 男廚師：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): повар арҫын: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): kuhar: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): kuchař: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mandlig kok: medium teint
- Estonian (et): meeskokk: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cozinheiro (homem): tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): mannligur kokkur: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): kusinero: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): mieskokki: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): cociñeiro: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): მზარეული კაცი: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): રસોઇયો: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum kuku: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): man cook: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): szakács: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): karlkyns kokkur: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-esi nri: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): cócaire fireann: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): koki lanang: kulit kuning
- Kannada (kn): ಅಡುಗೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): ер аспаз: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ەر اسپاز: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ចុងភៅប្រុស: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo w’umutetsi: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): दादलो रांदपी: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): эркек ашпозчу: орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi b’anal wa: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ພໍ່ຄົວຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): pavārs: vidējs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): cheugo masccio: carnaxon cô d’öiva
- Lithuanian (lt): virėjas: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kuchaŕ: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Chefkach: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж готвач: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): tukang masak lelaki: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): പാചകക്കാരൻ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): kok maskil: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): स्वयंपाकी: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): эрэгтэй тогооч: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): kaitao tāne: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): पुरूष भान्से: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mán Kuk: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna wa go apea: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mannlig kokk: hudtype 4
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg kokk: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ ପାଚକ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira nyaata bilcheessu: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی اشپز: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਰਸੋਈਆ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کھانا پکان آلا بندہ: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata wayk’uq: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bucătar: ton mediu al pielii
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): còcaire fireann: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац кувар: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушкарац кувар: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac kuvar: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muškarac kuvar: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): မေႃမိုဝ်ႉၸၢႆး: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): مرد بورچي: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): කෝකියා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): kuchár muž: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): kuhar: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): nin kariye ah: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mpishi wa kiume: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): марди ошпаз: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): ஆண் சமையல் வல்லுநர்: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): వంటవాడు: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ምግቢ አብሳሊ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata ngaohikai: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): moapei wa monna: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): erkek aşpez: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kuchar: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): مرد باورچی: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئەر ئاشپەز: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak oshpaz: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): cogydd: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): toggkat góor: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): umpheki oyindoda: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin olùse ónjẹ: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin olùse ónjɛ: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umpheki wesilisa: uhlobo-4

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F373` |
| HTML | `👨🏽‍🍳` |
| CSS | `\1F468\1F3FD\200D\1F373` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F468}\u{1F3FD}\u{200D}\u{1F373}` |
| Python | `\U0001F468\U0001F3FD\u200D\U0001F373` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 A8 F0 9F 8F BD E2 80 8D F0 9F 8D B3` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC68 D83C DFFD 200D D83C DF73` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%A8%F0%9F%8F%BD%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%8D%B3` |

## Questions

### What does 👨🏽‍🍳 mean?

A man in chef's whites and a tall hat. It shows up for male chefs and cooks, whether at home or in a restaurant, and in posts about recipes, dinner and food you made. 👨🏽‍🍳 shows it with medium skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 👨🏽‍🍳 and 👨‍🍳?

👨🏽‍🍳 is the 👨‍🍳 man cook emoji with medium skin tone. It's 👨‍🍳 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 4 code points long: U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F373.

### How do I type 👨🏽‍🍳?

Find 👨‍🍳 in your emoji keyboard by searching “man cook”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 👨🏽‍🍳?

U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F373. In HTML you can write 👨🏽‍🍳

### When was 👨🏽‍🍳 added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-cook-medium-skin-tone-emoji