🦸♂️
What 🦸♂️ means
A shoulder-length portrayal of a man with short, side-parted, Elvis Presley kind of hair, a masquerade mask for the eyes that match the color of the tee-shirt and a cape to wrap the entire look.
The 🦸♂️ Man Superhero emoji can refer to fictional superheroes or even superheroes that don't wear capes (basically, real-life superheroes). It signifies superpowers, social service, altruism, protection, and discipline too (heroes don't just become superheroes like that).
It is available in the designated skin tones on almost all platforms.
How and when to use it
- If you are a fan of sports, football especially, you can use 🦸♂️ in the post captions while praising your favorite player or an incredible goal that your team scored.
- 🦸♂️ can also be used in social media profile names - if you are a superhero fan, or you can relate to the qualities of a superhero.
- You can use 🦸♂️ in the post caption while sharing an inspiring story of a man or a group of men (since this is a male emoji) who did something extraordinary either for himself, his community, or the society as a whole. Hence, "not all heroes wear capes".
- If you're at the movies watching a much-awaited superhero film and you're posting stories on your social media handle, use 🦸♂️ within those stories.
- 🦸♂️ can be used even while tweeting or sharing a picture or video of your favorite superhero character (or the actor) from any superhero universe (not just Marvel and DC, that is).
- If you're posting pictures of your superhero cosplay outfit or a picture of your son whom you dressed up for a comic event, use 🦸♂️ in the caption.
Other Names
- 🦸♂️ Superman
- 🦸♂️ Super Human
- 🦸♂️ Super-Powered Human
- 🦸♂️ Male Hero
- 🦸♂️ Male Superhero
- 🦸♂️ Saviour
- 🦸♂️ The Good Guy
- 🦸♂️ Fictional Character
- 🦸♂️ Real-Life Hero
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › person-fantasy
- Codepoints
U+1F9B8 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 11.0
- Shortcodes
:male_superhero:Slack:man_superhero:Discord- Keywords
- good, hero, man, superhero, superpower
- How it's built
- Several emojis fused by an invisible joiner — a ZWJ sequence.
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens.
Skin tone variations
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🦸♂️ Man Superhero or 🥌 Curling Stone?