Man swimming: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-dark skin depicted in mid-stroke while swimming freestyle. The figure is shown from an overhead perspective, with blue stylized waves trailing behind him to show motion.

Usage Context

Used to discuss fitness, training for a triathlon, or simply heading to the pool. It serves as a go-to icon for summer plans, vacations, or athletic accomplishments. It is frequently seen alongside other active icons like 🏃🏽‍♂️ or 🚴🏽‍♂️.

History

The base swimmer emoji was added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The option to modify the figure with specific skin tones and gender identifiers was introduced later in 2016 with Unicode 9.0 to provide better representation for users across different platforms.

Details

Glyph

🏊🏾‍♂

Unicode

U+1F3CA U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3ca_1f3fe_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFCA;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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