👴

Old Man Emoji 👴

Wrinkles, thinning white hair, and a white mustache define the face of an older man, roughly grandfather age, though some platforms give him glasses too. It's used literally for grandpas and elderly men, and occasionally for someone acting older or crankier than their years, jokingly or not.

What 👴 means

A generally described face of an old man with wrinkles, balding white hair, and white facial hair too. This emoji refers to an old adult man who is probably about 60+ years old.

Although portrayed with no spectacles, the 👴 Old Man emoji adorns a pair of glasses on some platforms. It is available in the designated skin tones on almost all platforms.

How and when to use it

If you're talking about an old man in your chats with a close someone or someone you're getting to know, you could use 👴 to better describe that particular old man.
You could also use 👴 in your picture captions if the post is about a sweet old man in your family. It could also be anyone else, like a revered celebrity, a musician, etc.
👴 is also a great way to tell someone that you're getting physically old. Physically, because age is just a number.
Since in most cases, old age comes with a substantial amount of wisdom and overall experience in tackling life, 👴 can be used to signify wisdom and knowledge in your textual conversations (casually, of course. You don't want to be randomly triggering people otherwise).

Other Names

👴 Old Adult Man
👴 Elderly
👴 Matured Man
👴 Elderly Man
👴 Grandad
👴 Grandpa
👴 Aging
👴 Old Age
👴 Wisdom
👴 Grandfather
👴 Grandparent
👴 Wrinkled Face

The lowdown

Category: People & Body › person
Codepoints: U+1F474
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :older_man::old_man: Discord
Keywords: adult, bald, elderly, gramps, grandfather, grandpa, man, old, wise

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.