Person cartwheeling Emoji
People
A figure captured mid-motion, limbs extended in a sideways flip known as a cartwheel. The design shows the person with their hands planted on the ground and legs fanned out wide in the air.
Usage Context
Frequently used to express excitement, playfulness, or to denote gymnastics and high-energy physical activity. It acts as a visual shorthand for being 'flipped out' or showing off a happy, carefree attitude. It pairs well with 🤸♂️ or 🤸♀️ to specify gender, or ✨ to highlight the celebratory nature of the move.
History
This emoji was added in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of the push to diversify human-action emojis. It originated from the need to represent athletic movements that had previously been absent from early text-based chat platforms and basic emote libraries.
Details
Glyph
🤸
Unicode
U+1F938
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f938:
HTML Entity
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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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