Man swimming: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium-light skin tone performing a freestyle swimming stroke, depicted with his arm mid-rotation and water splashing around him. He is usually shown wearing swimming goggles and trunks.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for discussing exercise routines, summer vacations at the pool, or competitive athletics. It is frequently sent when someone is heading to the gym or participating in a triathlon, and is often grouped with related fitness icons like 🏃‍♂️ or 🚴‍♂️.

History

The base swimmer emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The ability to modify skin tones arrived later in 2015 as part of the Emoji 1.0 update, which aimed to make digital representation more inclusive across the global messaging landscape.

Details

Glyph

🏊🏼‍♂

Unicode

U+1F3CA U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3ca_1f3fc_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFCA;&#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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