♂️ Male Sign

♂️ Male Sign is one of the gender symbols in Unicode's Symbols group. Typical contexts are male, man and sign.

♂️ fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Symbols and Signs. It joined the standard with Emoji 4.0 in 2016, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+2642.

• ♂️ on its own already flags the topic: male.
• Fits messages about male, man and sign.
• Often seen near ⚧️ Transgender Symbol and ♀️ Female Sign.

Easy to mix up with ⚧️ Transgender Symbol or ♀️ Female Sign. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.