Mechanic emoji 🧑‍🔧

Q: What does the mechanic emoji mean?

Unicode calls 🧑🔧 "mechanic" and links it with electrician, plumber, tradesperson. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the jobs and roles subgroup of people & body.

Q: Can I change the skin tone of 🧑🔧?

Yes. 🧑🔧 has these skin tones: 🧑🏻🔧 🧑🏼🔧 🧑🏽🔧 🧑🏾🔧 🧑🏿🔧. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.

Emoji 12.1 (2019) · U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F527

Skin tones · Tap a tone to copy it.

What 🧑‍🔧 means

The keywords Unicode lists for 🧑‍🔧 are electrician, plumber, tradesperson. They show what people use it for.

Search for electrician or plumber on your emoji keyboard and 🧑‍🔧 is among the results.

You will find 🧑‍🔧 among the jobs and roles (82 emoji), part of people & body with 390 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 👨‍🔧 👩‍🔧 🧑‍🏭 👨‍🏭.

Besides the default yellow, 🧑‍🔧 has 5 skin tones, from 🧑🏻‍🔧 light to 🧑🏿‍🔧 dark. Each one is a separate emoji you can copy above.

Will 🧑‍🔧 show on my friend's phone?

Emoji 12.1 brought 🧑‍🔧 in 2019. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.

What 🧑‍🔧 is made of

Technically 🧑‍🔧 is 2 emoji joined by an invisible character, the zero width joiner (U+200D): 🧑 person + 🔧 wrench. Older phones show them one after the other.

How to type 🧑‍🔧

Search for mechanic in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🧑‍🔧.

Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type mechanic.
Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type mechanic in the search box.
iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type mechanic.

Codes for developers

Under the hood, 🧑‍🔧 is 3 code points (U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F527), 11 bytes in UTF-8 and 5 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.

Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.

Code points	`U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F527`
HTML (hex)	`🧑‍🔧`
HTML (decimal)	`🧑‍🔧`
CSS	`content: "\1F9D1 \200D \1F527";`
JavaScript	`\u{1F9D1}\u200D\u{1F527}`
URL	`%F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%94%A7`
UTF-8 bytes	`F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F 94 A7`

Names in other languages

The CLDR name of 🧑‍🔧 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.

Language	Name
English	mechanic
Português	mecânico trabalhando
Español	profesional de la mecánica
Italiano	meccanico
Français	mécanicien (tous genres)
Deutsch	Mechaniker(in)
Türkçe	tamirci
Bahasa Indonesia	mekanik
Polski	mechanik
Русский	механик
日本語	整備士
한국어	정비공

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Questions people ask

What does the mechanic emoji mean?

Unicode calls 🧑‍🔧 "mechanic" and links it with electrician, plumber, tradesperson. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the jobs and roles subgroup of people & body.

When was the mechanic emoji added?

In Emoji 12.1, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.

Can I change the skin tone of 🧑‍🔧?

Yes. 🧑‍🔧 has these skin tones: 🧑🏻‍🔧 🧑🏼‍🔧 🧑🏽‍🔧 🧑🏾‍🔧 🧑🏿‍🔧. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.