People & Body · Emoji 4.0
💇♂️Man Getting Haircut Emoji
It usually just means someone is getting a haircut or talking about hair. People often use it in conversations about beauty and style.
The 💇♂️ emoji is a man getting a haircut.
- Unicode
- U+1F487 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2016
- Shortcode
- :man-
getting- haircut: - Skin tones
- Yes
01 — Meaning
What does the 💇♂️ Man Getting Haircut emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 13.
02 — Platforms
Man Getting Haircut emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F487 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your man getting haircut looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Skin tones
Man Getting Haircut emoji skin tones
💇♂️ supports all five Fitzpatrick skin tone modifiers. Each one is a separate character sequence — tap any to copy it.
04 — Copy & codes
Man Getting Haircut emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :man-getting-haircut:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the man getting haircut, code point U+1F487.
05 — How to type
How to type the 💇♂️ Man Getting Haircut emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F487 when there is no key at all.
06 — Download
Man Getting Haircut emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 5. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
07 — Combinations
Man Getting Haircut emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around man getting haircut for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
08 — In conversation
What 💇♂️ means from a girl or a guy
Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.
09 — Apps
What 💇♂️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the man getting haircut lands changes how it is taken.
11 — Difference
💇♂️ vs 💇♀️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Man Getting Haircut
Code: U+1F487 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F · added 2016
Shortcode: :man-getting-haircut:
It usually just means someone is getting a haircut or talking about hair.
Unicode name: Woman Getting Haircut
Code: U+1F487 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F · added 2016
Shortcode: :woman-getting-haircut:
Basically, it’s just a fun way to represent getting a haircut.
12 — History
Where the 💇♂️ Man Getting Haircut emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F487 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Man Getting Haircut was approved as U+1F487 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 4.0 (2016). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 💇♂️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ