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Bust in Silhouette Emoji 👤

What 👤 means

Shown from the shoulders up, this is a silhouette of a person, which can also read as a shadow. The 'person' here is gender-neutral and hence can be used to refer to anyone irrespective of their gender.

Although gender-neutral, the obvious looks of the 👤 Bust in Silhouette emoji mostly refers to a man. It signifies a sense of being enigmatic, unknown, strange, and maybe even unreal, like a made-up character.

How and when to use it

If you're typing out a dialogue either for a post caption or a story that you're sharing on your social media handle, you can use 👤 to signify a person irrespective of the identity.
If you wish to express anonymity in any given virtual context, you can use 👤.
👤 can also refer to occupations that require the employee to maintain a sense of obscurity, such as hackers, undercover agents, people involved in a sting operation, etc.
Apart from these professionals, 👤 can also refer to people or maybe even situations that have a sense of mystery such as disguised people or scenarios.
Use 👤 looks to refer to something unknown, like an unknown caller, an unknown number, an unknown email ID, etc.
👤 looks like a person standing against light, thus forming a shadow, so this emoji can also be used to refer to a dark side of someone or something. For example, "Hey dude. There's something you need to know about me 👤. I.... I.... I'm a huge fan of Nickleback 👤. K Bye"

Other Names

👤 Silhouette of a Man
👤 Shadow
👤 Anonymous Person
👤 Unknown
👤 Mysterious Person
👤 Unknown Caller
👤 Enigma
👤 Obscure Person
👤 Hacker
👤 Undercover Agent
👤 Investigator
👤 Follower (social media, of course)

The lowdown

Category: People & Body › person-symbol
Codepoints: U+1F464
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :bust_in_silhouette:
Keywords: bust, mysterious, shadow, silhouette

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.