Person rowing boat Emoji

People

A side-profile depiction of a person seated in a small boat, gripping two oars as they propel themselves across the water. The figure is typically shown in motion, emphasizing the physical effort of rowing.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss water sports, rowing teams, or calm outdoor activities like recreational boating. It often serves as a visual shorthand for traveling by water, joining other transit-related icons like ⛵ or 🚢.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0, this icon originated from earlier Japanese mobile carrier sets. It was designed to help users represent outdoor hobbies and travel options within the increasingly graphic-heavy text messages of the early 2010s.

Details

Glyph

🚣

Unicode

U+1F6A3

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6a3:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDEA3;

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.

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