Man playing water polo Emoji

People

A man wearing a swimming cap and goggles, depicted mid-motion as he prepares to throw a water polo ball. His arm is cocked back above the water, capturing the intensity of the sport.

Usage Context

Used to discuss swimming, team sports, or athletic training sessions. It is the go-to character for fans of the game, coaches, or players marking their practice schedule. It is frequently grouped with related sport emojis like 🏊‍♂️ or 🏐 to highlight water-based physical activity.

History

This emoji was introduced as part of Unicode 9.0 in 2016. It was developed to expand the range of gender-specific sports icons available on mobile keyboards, allowing users to move away from generic, gender-neutral representations of competitive activities.

Details

Glyph

🤽‍♂

Unicode

U+1F93D U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f93d_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD3D;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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