# 💁🏼‍♂️ Man tipping hand emoji: medium-light skin tone

💁🏼‍♂️ is the man tipping hand 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 tipping hand: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F481 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [💁‍♂️ Man tipping hand](https://emojichart.com/man-tipping-hand-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-tipping-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Depicts a man holding out one hand palm up in a casual, sassy pose. Expect it for sarcasm, attitude or a "whatever" shrug, a pointed "obviously," and a bit of gossip or playful snark.

## Other skin tones

- 💁‍♂️ [Man tipping hand](https://emojichart.com/man-tipping-hand-emoji.md)
- 💁🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-tipping-hand-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F481 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 💁🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-tipping-hand-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F481 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 💁🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-tipping-hand-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F481 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 💁🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-tipping-hand-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F481 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

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

1. 💁 [Person tipping hand](https://emojichart.com/person-tipping-hand-emoji.md) (U+1F481)
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 tipping hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man tipping hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man tipping hand”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man tipping hand”, 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) | empleado de mostrador de información: tono de piel claro medio | empleado de mostrador de información, hombre, información, mano, mostrador, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | homme paume vers le haut : peau moyennement claire | aide, apporter, diva, homme, homme avec paume vers le haut, homme paume vers le haut, informations, insolent, main, paume vers le haut, peau moyennement claire, peu importe, potins, sarcastique |
| Deutsch (de) | Infoschalter-Mitarbeiter: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | abgekippt, beleidigen, Gerüchte, Geste, Hand, Klatsch, klatschen, Mann, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Sarkasmus, sarkastisch, Tratsch, tratschen |
| Italiano (it) | uomo con mano capovolta: carnagione abbastanza chiara | aiuto, capovolgere la mano, carnagione abbastanza chiara, gesto con i capelli, gossip, informazioni, mano, mano all’insù, pettegolezzo, sarcasmo, sarcastico, sfacciato |
| Português (pt) | homem com a palma virada para cima: pele morena clara | ajuda, fofoca, garoto, gorjeta, guri, homem, homem com a palma virada para cima, menino, pele morena clara, sarcasmo, sarcástico |
| Nederlands (nl) | man achter informatiebalie: lichtgetinte huidskleur | brutaal, hand, hooghartig, lichtgetinte huidskleur, man, man achter informatiebalie, man knikt pols, persoon, pols knikken, polsgebaar, sarcasme, sarcastisch, uitdagend |
| Svenska (sv) | hjälpande man: mellanljus hy | hjälpa, hjälpande man, information, man, man som vinkar, mellanljus hy |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna z wystawioną dłonią: karnacja średnio jasna | karnacja średnio jasna, mężczyzna, mężczyzna z wystawioną dłonią, no cóż, otwarta dłoń, pomocna dłoń, ręka, sarkazm |
| Türkçe (tr) | elini yana yatıran erkek: orta açık cilt tonu | adam, bilgi, dedikodu, elini yana yatıran erkek, erkek, insan, küstah, orta açık cilt tonu, sarkastik, yana yatmış el |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина тянет руку: светлый тон кожи | выдать, жест, знаю, информацию, мужчина, не, светлый тон кожи, себе, секрет, сплетни, так |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що простягає руку допомоги: помірно світлий тон шкіри | відповідати, можливо, не знаю, нестриманість, помірно світлий тон шкіри, секрет, тягнути руку, чоловік, чоловік тягне руку, чоловік, що простягає руку допомоги, що простягає руку допомоги |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας προσφέρει: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας προσφέρει, βοήθεια, κουτσομπολιό, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, ντίβα, πληροφορία, πληροφορίες, πρόσχαρος, σαρκαστικό, τίναγμα μαλλιών, φιλοδώρημα, χέρι |
| العربية (ar) | رجل بيد مائلة: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, ثرثرة, ديفا, رجل بيد مائلة, ساخر, سخرية, كف, كف كفتوح, مساعدة, معلومات, يد, يد مائلة |
| עברית (he) | איש בדלפק מידע או מבקש טיפ: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | איש, גבר, גבר מבקש טיפ, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, חצוף, מבקש נדבה, ציני, שובב |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد کمک می‌کند: پوست روشن | اطلاعات, انعام دادن, انعام گرفتن, پوست روشن, رو کردن, غیبت کردن, کمک, کمک کردن, مرد دستش را رو می‌کند, مرد کمک می‌کند |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सूचना देता पुरुष: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | जानकारी, टिपिंग, पुरुष, व्यंग्य, व्यंग्यात्मक, सूचना, सूचना देता पुरुष, सॅसी, हल्की गोरी त्वचा, हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদের টিপ চাওয়া: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | চুল, ছেলে, ছেলেদের টিপ চাওয়া, টিপ চাওয়া, পুরুষ, ব্যক্তি, ব্যঙ্গাত্মক, মজাদার, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, মানুষ, যাই হোক, স্মাইলি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria menengadahkan tangan: warna kulit cerah-sedang | bantuan, isyarat, laki-laki, lelaki, pria, pria menengadahkan tangan, tangan, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông ra hiệu trợ giúp: màu da sáng trung bình | màu da sáng trung bình, nam, người đàn ông ra hiệu trợ giúp, tay ra hiệu, tươi tắn |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายแบมือ: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, แบมือ, ผู้ชาย, ผู้ชายแบมือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 案内する男: やや薄い肌色 | ジェスチャー, やや薄い肌色, 案内, 案内する男, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 손바닥 꺾은 남자: 연한 갈색 피부 | 매력적인, 멋진, 비꼬는, 손 꺾음, 손바닥, 손바닥 꺾은 남자, 얼굴 옆에 손바닥을 위로 향한 남자, 연한 갈색 피부, 젖힌 손 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 前台男: 中等-浅肤色 | 中等-浅肤色, 前台, 前台男, 嘲讽, 小费, 男 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生抬手：黃皮膚 | 嘲諷, 小費, 男, 男生抬手, 調皮, 隨便, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man hou hand geknak: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima tiipi nsa: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë që tregon me dorë: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ መረጃ ሰጪ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): տղամարդը բացում է իր մտադրությունները․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): হাত তুলি ধৰা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): əl uzadan kişi: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): ҡул һуҙған ир: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): eskean dabilen gizona: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): мужчына трасе рукой: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac otkriva namjere: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж от информационна служба: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ကူညီပါရစေဟု လက်ဟန်ပြနေသည့် အမျိုးသား − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme paume vers le haut : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 做提示手勢嘅男人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 做提示手势嘅男人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): home amb mà inclinada cap amunt: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏘᏌᏗ ᎤᏬᏱ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 男子抬手：黃皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын алӑ тӑсать: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac s nagnutim dlanom: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): muž s dlaní vzhůru: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand vender håndfladen op: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): infoleti meestöötaja: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem com a palma virada para cima: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): maður sum nertir við: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nakatikwas ang kamay: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kämmentä ylöspäin näyttävä mies: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): home coa man medio levantada: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): კაცი დახრილი ხელით: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): માહિતી આપતો પુરુષ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namiji hannu mai ba da ci-goro: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): information desk kaa aadmi: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): nyitott tenyerű férfi: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður réttir út lófa: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-ehulata aka: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear lena lámh amach: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang tangane anyangga: kulit putih langsep
- Kannada (kn): ಕೈ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): қолын созып тұрған ер: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قولىن سوزىپ تۇرعان ەر: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): បុរសបង្ហើបព័ត៌មាន: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo uteze ikiganza: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): ट्रे धरिल्ल्या वेटरावरीं हातमुद्रा करपी दादलो: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): Баш кийимин чечип учурашкан эркек: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi upaqab’isam uq’ab’: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍແບມື: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis ar pastieptu roku: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo co-a parma in sciù: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): lengvai ranką pakėlęs vyras: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): muski z dłonju górjej: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mann, deen d’Hand op hält: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): феминизиран маж: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): lelaki menadah tangan: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): വിവരം നൽകുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel ibaxxi idejh: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): टिप देणारा पुरुष: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): гараа дэлгэж буй эрэгтэй: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): tāne ringa tāringi: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): सूचना दिने छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man De Tró Im Hand: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna yo a kgwathago seatla: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): hjelpende mann: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): hjelpande mann: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ପୁରୁଷ ହାତ ଅବନତ କରୁଛନ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira harka diriirsu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی لاس ښايي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸੂਚਨਾ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): تھپکی دیندا مرد: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata willakuy kitipi: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care explică: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che tegna la palma-maun vers ensi: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine le làmh sìnte, bas air uachdar: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац открива намере: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушкарац открива намјере: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac otkriva namere: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muškarac otkriva namjere: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးပူၵ်းသွၵ်ႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد هٿ ٿپڪائيندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): අත හෙළන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): muž s nastavenou dlaňou: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): uslužbenec na informacijah: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): nin war bixinaya: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayetoa maelezo: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки бо дасташ ишора карда истодааст: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): ஆண் வரவேற்பாளர்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): చేతిని వంచిన పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ኢዱ እናጠወየ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata nima mafola: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): monna a sekamisa letsogo: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): elini açan erkek: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž z dłónju horje: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): تجویز دیتا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): تاپان ھەققى بەرگەن ئەر: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak qo‘l cho‘zmoqda: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn gwyro ei law: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): góor loxo jàppale: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): indoda ephethula isandla: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń tọ́ka ọwọ́: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń tɔ́ka ɔwɔ́: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): indoda ecela ngesandla: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F481 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `&#x1F481;&#x1F3FC;&#x200D;&#x2642;&#xFE0F;` |
| CSS | `\1F481\1F3FC\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F481}\u{1F3FC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F481\U0001F3FC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 92 81 F0 9F 8F BC E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC81 D83C DFFC 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%92%81%F0%9F%8F%BC%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 💁🏼‍♂️ mean?

Depicts a man holding out one hand palm up in a casual, sassy pose. Expect it for sarcasm, attitude or a "whatever" shrug, a pointed "obviously," and a bit of gossip or playful snark. 💁🏼‍♂️ shows it with medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

💁🏼‍♂️ is the 💁‍♂️ man tipping hand emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 💁‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F481 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 💁🏼‍♂️?

Find 💁‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man tipping hand”, 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+1F481 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write &#x1F481;&#x1F3FC;&#x200D;&#x2642;&#xFE0F;

### 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-tipping-hand-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji
