Guard: Light Skin Tone

💂🏻 is the light skin tone version of 💂 Guard. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.

See the default 💂 Guard emoji and all skin tones

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

guard

guard: light skin tone

guard: medium-light skin tone

guard: medium skin tone

guard: medium-dark skin tone

guard: dark skin tone

Where person-role emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Applies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.

Talking about a job, profession, or service
Illustrating a role in a team, guide, or announcement

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

CLDR short name: guard: light skin tone
Codepoint: U+1F482 U+1F3FB
Hex: 1F482 1F3FB
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: person-role
DBEmoji collection: Role
Skin tone: light
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Role is a DBEmoji collection drawn from Unicode’s People & Body group (the person-role subgroup — occupations and social roles). How this data is built

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

buckingham · guard · helmet · light skin tone · london · palace

How it looks

Guard: Light Skin Tone — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Guard: Light Skin Tone — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Guard: Light Skin Tone — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 💂🏻. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 💂🏻 guard: light skin tone emoji mean?: 💂🏻 is the light skin tone version of 💂 Guard. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 💂🏻?: U+1F482 U+1F3FB.
When was the 💂🏻 guard: light skin tone emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 💂🏻 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “guard”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 💂🏻 from this page with one click.