Pilot emoji ๐งโโ๏ธ
Emoji 12.1 (2019) ยท U+1F9D1 U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐งโโ๏ธ means
The keywords Unicode lists for ๐งโโ๏ธ are plane. They show what people use it for.
Search for plane or pilot on your emoji keyboard and ๐งโโ๏ธ is among the results.
You will find ๐งโโ๏ธ among the jobs and roles (82 emoji), part of people & body with 390 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ๐จโโ๏ธ ๐ฉโโ๏ธ ๐งโ๐ ๐จโ๐.
Besides the default yellow, ๐งโโ๏ธ has 5 skin tones, from ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ light to ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ dark. Each one is a separate emoji you can copy above.
Will ๐งโโ๏ธ show on my friend's phone?
Emoji 12.1 brought ๐งโโ๏ธ in 2019. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
What ๐งโโ๏ธ is made of
Technically ๐งโโ๏ธ is 2 emoji joined by an invisible character, the zero width joiner (U+200D): ๐ง person + โ๏ธ airplane. Older phones show them one after the other.
How to type ๐งโโ๏ธ
Search for pilot in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ๐งโโ๏ธ.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type pilot.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type pilot in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type pilot.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, ๐งโโ๏ธ is 4 code points (U+1F9D1 U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F), 13 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+2708 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧑‍✈️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧑‍✈️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9D1 \200D \2708 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9D1}\u200D\u2708\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%E2%9C%88%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D E2 9C 88 EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐งโโ๏ธ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the pilot emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐งโโ๏ธ "pilot" and links it with plane. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the jobs and roles subgroup of people & body.
When was the pilot emoji added?
In Emoji 12.1, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐งโโ๏ธ?
Yes. ๐งโโ๏ธ has these skin tones: ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ. 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.