U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F4BB
Technologist
About
Technologist is a zero-width-joiner sequence combining ๐ง person and ๐ป laptop. Part of the People & Body group, person role subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 12.1, released in 2019.
Platform renderings
13 platforms shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.
Timeline
2016 โ 2026Showing 122 of 122 events through 2026
- 2016First render
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- 2019Unicode
Added in Emoji 12.1
Introduced in Emoji 12.1
- 2019First render

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- 2019Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020First render

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- 2020First render

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- 2020First render

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- 2020First render

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020First render

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020First render

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

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- 2020Redesign

Google Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop
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- 2020Redesign

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- 2021Redesign

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- 2021Redesign

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- 2021Redesign

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- 2021First render

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- 2021Redesign

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- 2021First render

Release date Windows 11 build 21h2.
- 2021Redesign

General availability. Fluent Emoji, MIT licensed.
- 2021Redesign

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- 2022Redesign

Samsung One UI 4.0 January 2022
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- 2022First render

First appeared on Microsoft Teams
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- 2022First render

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- 2022Redesign

Android 12L shipped March 2022; the index had it a release early.
- 2022Redesign

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- 2022First render

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Release date Windows 11 build 22h2.
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First appeared on Twitter Emoji Stickers
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- 2022Redesign

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Telegram Telemoji November 2022
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Telegram Telemoji December 2022
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- 2023Redesign

Telegram Telemoji January 2023
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- 2023Redesign

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- 2023First render

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- 2023First render

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Telegram Telemoji November 2023
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Community-maintained fork after Twitter archived the original repo.
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- 2024First render

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- 2024First render

First appeared on Microsoft 3D Fluent
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- 2024Redesign

Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 June 2024 Update
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Date it reached devices. AOSP source dropped 2024-09-03.
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- 2025Redesign

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Microsoft 3D Fluent Fluent 16.0
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Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 August 2025 Update
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Encodings
- UTF-8
F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F 92 BB- UTF-8 escaped
\xF0\x9F\xA7\x91\xE2\x80\x8D\xF0\x9F\x92\xBB- UTF-16
D83E DDD1 200D D83D DCBB- UTF-32
0001F9D1 0000200D 0001F4BB- HTML decimal
🧑‍💻- HTML hex
🧑‍💻- CSS
\01F9D1\00200D\01F4BB- JavaScript
\u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F4BB}- JS surrogateFor pre-ES2015 targets
\uD83E\uDDD1\u200D\uD83D\uDCBB- Python
\U0001F9D1\u200D\U0001F4BB- URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%92%BB- Base64
8J+nkeKAjfCfkrs=
Unicode proposals
The document submitted to the Unicode Consortium that introduced this character.
Related
Frequently asked questions
- What does ๐งโ๐ป mean?
- Technologist is a zero-width-joiner sequence combining ๐ง person and ๐ป laptop. Part of the People & Body group, person role subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 12.1, released in 2019. It is commonly tagged technologist, coder, computer, developer, inventor and software.
- What is the Unicode code point for ๐งโ๐ป?
- Technologist is not a single character. It is written as U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F4BB โ a sequence of 3 code points that displays as one emoji.
- When was ๐งโ๐ป added to Unicode?
- ๐งโ๐ป was approved as part of Emoji 12.1 and released in 2019, under Unicode 12.1.
- How do I type ๐งโ๐ป?
- Copy ๐งโ๐ป from this page, or type its shortcode โ :technologist: โ in an app that expands them, such as GitHub, Slack or Discord.
- Why does ๐งโ๐ป look different on my phone?
- Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so ๐งโ๐ป changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 121 renderings, including Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft.
- Does ๐งโ๐ป come in different skin tones?
- Yes. ๐งโ๐ป has 5 skin tone variants, each formed by adding a skin tone modifier to the base character.
- What is ๐งโ๐ป called in other languages?
- Unicode's CLDR publishes a name for it in 9 other languages, including ุฎุจูุฑ ุชูููููุฌูุง in Arabic, IT-Experte/IT-Expertin in German and profesional de la tecnologรญa in Spanish.
- What category is ๐งโ๐ป in?
- ๐งโ๐ป belongs to Unicode's People & Body group, in the person role subgroup.