Person walking facing right: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A figure with medium-dark skin depicted in mid-stride, moving toward the right. The character is dressed in casual clothing, captured in a generic walking motion that suggests a steady, everyday pace.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to discuss physical exercise, commuting, or the simple act of heading somewhere. It acts as a quick way to signal you are leaving, going for a stroll, or just being out and about. It is often paired with location-based icons like 📍 or movement markers like 🏃🏾 to describe travel plans.
History
Walking figures have been a staple of digital communication since the early days of transit signage and pixelated iconography. The ability to modify these figures with skin tones was introduced in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update, aiming to provide more inclusive representation for global messaging platforms that had previously relied on default yellow figures.
Details
Glyph
🚶🏾➡
Unicode
U+1F6B6 U+1F3FE U+200D U+27A1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f6b6_1f3fe_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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