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♂️ Male sign

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♂️ Emoji meaning

A symbol for the male gender, men, masculinity, strength, and action.

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♂️ Meaning

A symbol for the male gender, men, masculinity, strength, and action.

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Commonly confused with

Color Variant

Male sign

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Female sign vs male sign; classic gender symbols, mirrored meanings, shapes similar circles with lines.

Same Shape

Male sign

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Transgender symbol

Transgender symbol vs male sign; again, composite vs simple symbol, main circle arrow detail dominates.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Male sign” was approved as part of Unicode 9.0 in 2016 and added to Emoji 4.0 .

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ male + sign

Keywords removed

- male sign

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ male sign

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ man

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