What does 🕺 mean?
Man dancing: party, disco, joy, 'let's dance'.
Its official Unicode name is MAN DANCING and its CLDR short name is "man dancing" (in Hungarian: "táncoló férfi"). It belongs to the People & Body group and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- dance
- dancer
- dancing
- elegant
- festive
- flair
- flamenco
- groove
- let’s
- man
In Hungarian: férfi, flamenco, salsa, tánc, táncol, táncos, tangó
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🕺 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F57A. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- MAN DANCING
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- táncoló férfi
- English name (CLDR)
- man dancing
- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Group
- People & Body · person activity
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :man_dancing:
Related emojis
- Person getting massage
- Person walking
- Person running
- Woman dancing
- Man getting massage
- Woman getting massage
- Person getting haircut
- Man getting haircut
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🕺 emoji mean?
Man dancing: party, disco, joy, 'let's dance'.
How do I type the 🕺 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "dance".
When was the 🕺 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 3.0 (2016), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Does 🕺 come in skin tones?
Yes, it comes in five skin tones: your device adds a Unicode skin tone modifier (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF) after the emoji. You can copy all five variants above.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.