Symbols · Emoji 4.0
♂️Male Sign Emoji
♂️ is the male sign, used to mark something as for or about men, tag gender in bios, or label a male character or contact.
♂️ is the astronomical and biological symbol for Mars and “male,” a circle with a small arrow, used in science long before it became a common gender marker online.
- Unicode
- U+2642 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2016
- Shortcode
- :male_
sign: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ♂️ Male Sign emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 3.
02 — Platforms
Male Sign emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+2642 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your male sign 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 — Copy & codes
Male Sign 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 :male_sign:.
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+2642.
04 — How to type
How to type the ♂️ Male Sign emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+2642 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Male Sign emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the male sign as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Male Sign emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around male sign 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.
07 — 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.
08 — Apps
What ♂️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+2642, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
10 — Difference
♂️ vs 🫔 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Male Sign
Code: U+2642 U+FE0F · added 2016
Shortcode: :male_sign:
♂️ is the male sign, used to mark something as for or about men, tag gender in bios, or label a male character or contact.
Unicode name: Tamale
Code: U+1FAD4 · added 2020
Shortcode: :tamale:
Generally, the tamale emoji means a tamale!
11 — History
Where the ♂️ Male Sign emoji came from
It arrived with the 4.0 release of the standard, which dates the male sign to 2016.
Male Sign was approved as 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, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ