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👴 Old man

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👴 Emoji meaning

Grandpa, father figure, teacher, getting older, wiped out, old-school.

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👴 Meaning

Friendly looking elderly gentleman with wrinkles and bald head. Represents aging in general, a father figure, the grandfather, possibly a teacher. The emoji can express how you feel after a hard day or call your chat partner old-fashioned.

Examples

So much wisdom! 👴
Not so young anymore? 👴
He seems very experienced. 👴

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Old man

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Old person vs old man; both depict elderly figures, one gender-neutral and one male-specific.

Old man

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Old man vs old woman; both elderly faces, quickly chosen interchangeably in age-related contexts.

Variants

Skin tones

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Old man” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bald + elderly + gramps + grandfather + grandpa + wise

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ adult

Keywords removed

- old man

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ old man

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ man + old

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