People & Body · Emoji 5.0
🧘♂️Man in Lotus Position Emoji
Generally, it means someone is feeling relaxed, peaceful, or is interested in yoga or meditation. It's often used to convey a sense of calm and mindfulness in a text.
The 🧘♂️ emoji is a man sitting in the lotus position.
- Unicode
- U+1F9D8 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2017
- Shortcode
- :man_
in_ lotus_ position: - Skin tones
- Yes
01 — Meaning
What does the 🧘♂️ Man in Lotus Position emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 13.
02 — Platforms
Man in Lotus Position emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F9D8 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your man in lotus position 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 in Lotus Position 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 in Lotus Position emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :man_in_lotus_position:.
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+1F9D8.
05 — How to type
How to type the 🧘♂️ Man in Lotus Position emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F9D8 when there is no key at all.
06 — Download
Man in Lotus Position emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the man in lotus position as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 5 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
07 — Combinations
Man in Lotus Position emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around man in lotus position 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 — Apps
What 🧘♂️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+1F9D8, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
11 — Difference
🧘♂️ vs 🧘♀️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Man in Lotus Position
Code: U+1F9D8 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F · added 2017
Shortcode: :man_in_lotus_position:
Generally, it means someone is feeling relaxed, peaceful, or is interested in yoga or meditation.
Unicode name: Woman in Lotus Position
Code: U+1F9D8 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F · added 2017
Shortcode: :woman_in_lotus_position:
Generally, it means someone is feeling relaxed, calm, or practicing mindfulness.
12 — History
Where the 🧘♂️ Man in Lotus Position emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F9D8 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 in Lotus Position was approved as U+1F9D8 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 5.0 (2017). 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