The "👨‍🦱" emote, also known as the "Man: Curly Hair" emote, depicts a man with curly hair and various skin tones. It was added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 as part of the Emoji 11.0 update. The emote is often used to represent men with curly hair or to express a wide range of emotions and actions, depending on the context in which it is used.