🚹 Men’s room
🚹 Emoji meaning
Male identity, men’s restroom, changing room, and men’s area.
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🚹 Meaning
“I have to see a man about a dog” or “I am in the john”. The symbol explains to gentlemen which toilet door is the right one. Men spend more time in the bathroom than women, but they do not go there as often.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Women’s room vs men’s room; both restroom symbols, color and figure shape differences can be small.
Direction Variant
Children crossing vs men’s room; both depict human figures, context (street vs restroom) may be unclear at a glance.
Intensity Variant
Men’s room vs women’s room; both restroom signs with human silhouettes, clothing outline may be subtle.
Same Shape
Restroom vs men’s room; generic vs male-specific, users may choose either to mean ‘toilets’.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Men’s room” 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.
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In the release of Emoji 14.0 and Unicode 14.0 in 2021 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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