Man cartwheeling Emoji
People
A man performing a cartwheel with his arms and legs fully extended, mid-rotation. The figure is captured in a dynamic pose that suggests fluid movement and physical agility.
Usage Context
Used to express joy, high energy, or a celebratory mood. It frequently appears in conversations about sports, gymnastics, or when someone wants to show they are feeling physically nimble or particularly excited about good news. It is a more active variant compared to the simple 🤸 emoji.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 4.0. It was introduced alongside a suite of gendered movement emojis to provide more representative options for users describing physical hobbies, school sports, or playful acrobatic stunts in digital messaging.
Details
Glyph
🤸♂
Unicode
U+1F938 U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f938_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
��‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-sport
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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