Man walking facing right: light skin tone Emoji
People
A figure of a man with fair skin depicted in mid-stride, moving toward the right side of the screen. He is shown with a neutral posture, arms slightly bent as if engaged in a casual walk.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to signal that someone is on their way, heading out, or participating in physical exercise like a morning stroll. It works well to indicate departure or to describe the act of commuting. It is often used in tandem with emojis like 🏃 to differentiate between a leisurely pace and a full-on run.
History
While the base walking person was added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the ability to specify gender and skin tone was finalized in later updates to satisfy the demand for more diverse human representation in digital messaging. The 'walking' glyph evolved from early Japanese mobile carrier pictograms that sought to replace text-based travel directions with clear, visual icons.
Details
Glyph
🚶🏻♂➡
Unicode
U+1F6B6 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+200D U+27A1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f6b6_1f3fb_200d_2642_200d_27a1:
HTML Entity
����‍♂‍➡
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
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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