# 🕵🏼‍♂️ Man detective emoji: medium-light skin tone

🕵🏼‍♂️ is the man detective emoji (🕵️‍♂️) with medium-light skin tone. It's 🕵️‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🕵🏼‍♂️
- Unicode name: man detective: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F575 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🕵️‍♂️ Man detective](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-detective-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A man in a hat and coat on the case. Use it for male detectives, spies and investigators, for mystery stories, and for playfully saying you are snooping or looking into something.

## Other skin tones

- 🕵️‍♂️ [Man detective](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-emoji.md)
- 🕵🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🕵🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🕵🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🕵🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-detective-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F575 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🕵🏼‍♂️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🕵️ [Detective](https://emojichart.com/detective-emoji.md) (U+1F575 U+FE0F)
2. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🕵🏼‍♂️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | detective hombre: tono de piel claro medio | agente, detective, espía, hombre, investigador, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | détective homme : peau moyennement claire | détective, enquêteur, espion, homme, peau moyennement claire |
| Deutsch (de) | Detektiv: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Detektiv, Mann, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Spion |
| Italiano (it) | investigatore: carnagione abbastanza chiara | carnagione abbastanza chiara, detective, investigatore, spia, uomo |
| Português (pt) | detetive homem: pele morena clara | detetive homem, espião, homem, investigador, pele morena clara |
| Nederlands (nl) | mannelijke detective: lichtgetinte huidskleur | detective, lichtgetinte huidskleur, man, speurder, spion |
| Svenska (sv) | manlig detektiv: mellanljus hy | kommissarie, man, manlig detektiv, mellanljus hy, privatdetektiv, spanare, spion |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna detektyw: karnacja średnio jasna | detektyw, karnacja średnio jasna, mężczyzna, szpieg |
| Türkçe (tr) | erkek dedektif: orta açık cilt tonu | adam, casus, dedektif, erkek, hafiye, orta açık cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина-детектив: светлый тон кожи | детектив, ищейка, мужчина, мужчина-детектив, расследование, светлый тон кожи, сыщик, шпион |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік-детектив: помірно світлий тон шкіри | детектив, помірно світлий тон шкіри, сищик, чоловік, чоловік-детектив, шпигун, шпик |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας ντετέκτιβ: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, ντετέκτιβ, πράκτορας |
| العربية (ar) | محقّق: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, تحقيق سري, رجل مباحث, مباحث, محقّق |
| עברית (he) | חוקר פרטי: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | איש, בלש, גבר, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, חוקר פרטי, מרגל |
| فارسی (fa) | کارآگاه مرد: پوست روشن | پوست روشن, جاسوس, کارآگاه, کارآگاه مرد, کارآگاهی کردن, مأمور آگاهی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पुरुष जासूस: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | आदमी, गुप्तचर, जासूस, पुरुष, हल्की गोरी त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলে , পুরুষ ডিটেকটিভ: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | গুপ্তচর, ছেলে, ছেলে , পুরুষ ডিটেকটিভ, টিকটিকি, ডিটেকটিভ, পুরুষ, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | detektif pria: warna kulit cerah-sedang | detektif pria, laki-laki, penyelidikan, rahasia, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | thám tử nam: màu da sáng trung bình | gián điệp, màu da sáng trung bình, nam, thám tử, thám tử nam, trinh thám |
| ไทย (th) | นักสืบชาย: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, นักสืบ, นักสืบชาย, ผู้ชาย, สายลับ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 男性の探偵: やや薄い肌色 | やや薄い肌色, 探偵, 男, 男性, 男性の探偵, 虫めがね |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 탐정: 연한 갈색 피부 | 남자, 스파이, 연한 갈색 피부, 탐정, 형사 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男侦探: 中等-浅肤色 | 中等-浅肤色, 侦探, 男, 男侦探, 间谍 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男偵探：黃皮膚 | 偵探, 男, 男偵探, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): manlike speurder: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): Detɛketifo barima: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): hetues: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ መርማሪ ፖሊስ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): տղամարդ խուզարկու․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): পুৰুষ গুপ্তচৰ: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): kişi detektiv: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ир-ат детектив: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gizon detektibea: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): сышчык: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac detektiv: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж детектив: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): အမျိုးသား စုံထောက် − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): détective homme : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 男偵探: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男侦探: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): detectiu home: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᎦᏛᏂᏙᎯ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын-детектив: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): istražitelj: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): kriminální inspektor: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mandlig detektiv: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): meesdetektiiv: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): detetive (homem): tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): mannligur detektivur: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking detektib: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): miesetsivä: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): detective de sexo masculino: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): დეტექტივი კაცი: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ગુપ્તચર: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum si’aidi: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): male detective: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): nyomozó: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): karlkyns spæjari: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke nchọpụta: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): bleachtaire fireann: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): dhetektif lanang: kulit putih langsep
- Kannada (kn): ಪುರುಷ ಗೂಢಾಚಾರಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): детектив ер адам: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بارلاۋشى ەر ادام: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): អ្នកស៊ើបអង្កេតប្រុស: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugenzuzi w’umugabo: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): दादलो गुप्तहेर: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): детектив киши: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi solonel uxe’: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນັກສືບຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): detektīvs (vīrietis): vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): investigatô masccio: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): seklys: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): dedektiw: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Detektiv: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): детектив: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): mata-mata gelap lelaki: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): പുരുഷ കുറ്റാന്വേഷകൻ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): ditektiv raġel: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): पुरुष गुप्त पोलीस: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): эрэгтэй мөрдөгч: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): kaikimihara tāne: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): पुरूष अनुसन्धानकर्ता: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mán Ditẹ́ktiv: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna wa lephodisa: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): mannlig detektiv: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mannleg detektiv: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ ଡିଟେକ୍ଟିଭ୍‌: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira qorataa: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی څیړونکی پولیس: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੁਰਸ਼ ਜਸੂਸ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جاسوس بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata qhamiyaq: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): detectiv bărbat: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): lorgaire fireann: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): детектив: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): детектив: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): detektiv: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): detektiv: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸွပ်ႇၸၢႆး: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد جاسوس: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): අපරාධ පරීක්ෂකයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): detektív muž: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): detektiv: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): nin dambi-baare ah: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): jasusi mwanamume: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): марди детектив: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): ஆண் துப்பறியும் நிபுணர்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): నేర పరిశోధకుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ መርማሪ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata fakatotolo: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): leteketifi la monna: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): erkek aňtawçy: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): detektiw: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): مرد جاسوس: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئەر رازۋېدچىك: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak izquvar: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): ditectif gwrywaidd: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): góor detektif: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): umcuphi oyindoda: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin ọ̀tẹlèmúyé: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin ɔ̀tɛlèmúyé: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umseshi wesilisa: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F575 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🕵🏼‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F575\1F3FC\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F575}\u{1F3FC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F575\U0001F3FC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 95 B5 F0 9F 8F BC E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD75 D83C DFFC 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%95%B5%F0%9F%8F%BC%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🕵🏼‍♂️ mean?

A man in a hat and coat on the case. Use it for male detectives, spies and investigators, for mystery stories, and for playfully saying you are snooping or looking into something. 🕵🏼‍♂️ shows it with medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🕵🏼‍♂️ and 🕵️‍♂️?

🕵🏼‍♂️ is the 🕵️‍♂️ man detective emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🕵️‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F575 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🕵🏼‍♂️?

Find 🕵️‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man detective”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light 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+1F575 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. 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-detective-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji