People & Body · Emoji 4.0
🙆♂️Man Gesturing Ok Emoji
Generally, it means "okay" or “yes.” People use it to signal agreement or that something is good.
The 🙆♂️ emoji shows a man making a "OK" gesture with his hands.
- Unicode
- U+1F646 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2016
- Shortcode
- :man-
gesturing- ok: - Skin tones
- Yes
01 — Meaning
What does the 🙆♂️ Man Gesturing Ok emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 7 of them.
02 — Platforms
Man Gesturing Ok emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+1F646. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 5.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Skin tones
Man Gesturing Ok 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 Gesturing Ok emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :man-gesturing-ok:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F646.
05 — How to type
How to type the 🙆♂️ Man Gesturing Ok emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F646 when there is no key at all.
06 — Download
Man Gesturing Ok 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 Gesturing Ok emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around man gesturing ok 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
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
09 — Around the world
What 🙆♂️ means in other countries
Carries the same Japan-rooted “correct/yes” meaning, though most non-Japanese readers won’t catch it.
Literal yes/correct signal, familiar from childhood games and TV quiz shows.
Read loosely as celebration, agreement, or “nice” rather than a precise yes/no pairing.
Before you send it: Use it confidently with Japanese audiences; for others, a plain “yes” avoids any guesswork.
10 — Apps
What 🙆♂️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the man gesturing ok lands changes how it is taken.
12 — Difference
🙆♂️ vs 🙇♂️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Man Gesturing Ok
Code: U+1F646 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F · added 2016
Shortcode: :man-gesturing-ok:
Generally, it means "okay" or “yes.”
Unicode name: Man Bowing
Code: U+1F647 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F · added 2016
Shortcode: :man-bowing:
Generally, 🙇♂️ means “I’m sorry” or “I apologize.”
13 — History
Where the 🙆♂️ Man Gesturing Ok emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 4.0, the man gesturing ok has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 10.
Same character every time — U+1F646 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 Gesturing Ok was approved as U+1F646 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.
14 — FAQ