Man running: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A figure of a man with medium-dark skin captured in mid-stride while jogging. He is wearing athletic shorts and a t-shirt, appearing to move toward the left side of the screen.

Usage Context

Used to signal that someone is busy, in a rush, or actively participating in fitness activities like marathons or morning jogs. It is a frequent substitute for texting 'I'm on my way' or 'I need to go,' often paired with 💨 to emphasize speed or 👟 to highlight the workout aspect.

History

While the base runner character has been part of the Unicode standard for years, the ability to modify skin tones was introduced in 2015 with Emoji 1.0. This update allowed users to better represent themselves, bringing more diversity to the long-standing collection of sports and activity icons found in mobile messaging.

Details

Glyph

🏃🏾‍♂

Unicode

U+1F3C3 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3c3_1f3fe_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFC3;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

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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