How it works
No emoji is named businessman. The businessman emoji is Man office worker, a man joined to a briefcase, which CLDR, Unicode’s list of search words, files under business and manager. Woman office worker and Office worker are built alike.
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A person and a briefcase
Man office worker is three code points: Man, a zero width joiner and Briefcase, U+1F468 U+200D U+1F4BC. The man and the woman are from Emoji 4.0, and the person followed in Emoji 12.1. A skin tone sits straight after the person, before the joiner.
Five emoji under business
CLDR files business under the three office workers, Person in suit levitating and Japanese “open for business” button. Necktie is the only emoji under employed, Handshake the only one under deal or meeting, and Office building is filed under job and cubical.
- CLDR files the office worker under white-collar. Wikipedia describes a white-collar worker as doing managerial or administrative work, generally in an office.
- Technologist is built the same way, with a laptop in place of the briefcase.
Questions and answers
Is there a business woman emoji?
Yes, under another name: Woman office worker, a woman joined to a briefcase: U+1F469 U+200D U+1F4BC. CLDR files it under business and manager, as it does the man.
Is there a manager emoji?
CLDR files three emoji under manager, and they are the three office workers. For a boss, Smirking face is the only emoji filed under that word, and the combo The boss hands it a briefcase.
What is the man in a suit emoji called?
Person in suit levitating, U+1F574, from Emoji 0.7. Its Unicode character name is MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT LEVITATING, the only character name that holds the word business, and CLDR files it under business and suit.