Man surfing: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium-light skin tone riding a surfboard over a stylized blue wave. He is balanced in a crouch, holding his arms out for stability while navigating the surf.

Usage Context

Used to talk about beach trips, water sports, or someone heading out for a vacation. It is a go-to for summer vibes, coastal living, or telling friends you are heading to the ocean. People often pair this with the 🌊 wave or 🏖 beach to signal they are away from their desk.

History

The surfer emoji first appeared in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The ability to modify skin tones was added in 2015 as part of an industry-wide update to better represent the global diversity of the people using these characters in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🏄🏼‍♂

Unicode

U+1F3C4 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3c4_1f3fc_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFC4;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍♂

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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