People & Body · Emoji 4.0
🙎♂️Man Pouting Emoji
Generally, 🙎♂️ means someone is feeling pouty or sulky. It’s a quick way to show you're unhappy or annoyed in a text conversation.
The 🙎♂️ emoji is a man with his face in his hand, pouting.
- Unicode
- U+1F64E U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2016
- Shortcode
- :man-
pouting: - Skin tones
- Yes
01 — Meaning
What does the 🙎♂️ Man Pouting emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 10.
02 — Platforms
Man Pouting emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F64E — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your man pouting 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 Pouting 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 Pouting emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :man-pouting:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F64E.
05 — How to type
How to type the 🙎♂️ Man Pouting emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F64E when there is no key at all.
06 — Download
Man Pouting 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 Pouting emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around man pouting 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
Same pouting-lips design, but on the male figure it leans more toward exaggerated mock-offense than the selfie-pout angle.
deployed as theatrical “I'm hurt” after a joke, not real sulking
defined as pouting or sulking, i.e. mild genuine displeasure
can come off as passive-aggressive if sent right after being turned down
Before you send it: Good for over-the-top mock offense with friends; avoid it right after a real disagreement.
10 — Apps
What 🙎♂️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+1F64E, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
12 — Difference
🙎♂️ vs 🙇♂️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Man Pouting
Code: U+1F64E U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F · added 2016
Shortcode: :man-pouting:
Generally, 🙎♂️ means someone is feeling pouty or sulky.
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 Pouting emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F64E 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 Pouting was approved as U+1F64E 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