Question 1

What does the 💂 guard emoji mean?

Accepted Answer

The guard emoji depicts a palace guard and represents protection, duty, and ceremony. All versions support the five skin-tone modifiers.

Question 2

Does it come in different versions?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Alongside this gender-neutral version there are man and woman variants, and every version supports the five skin-tone modifiers.

Question 3

When was this emoji added to Unicode?

Accepted Answer

It was part of the original Unicode 6.0 emoji set, first released in 2010 (Emoji 0.6).

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