Man walking: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A figure of a man with medium-toned skin captured mid-stride, shown from the side in a neutral walking position. He is dressed in simple clothing, representing the universal act of pedestrian movement.

Usage Context

Used to describe commuting, taking a stroll, or heading out to a specific location. People often use it to indicate they are on their way somewhere or to describe a casual pace, sometimes pairing it with 🏃🏽‍♂️ to show a faster speed or 🚗 to compare walking versus driving.

History

The walking figure was first standardized in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The gendered and skin-toned variations were added in later updates—specifically Unicode 7.0 and 8.0—as part of a major push to ensure the digital human figure better reflected the diversity of actual people using mobile messaging apps.

Details

Glyph

🚶🏽‍♂

Unicode

U+1F6B6 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6b6_1f3fd_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDEB6;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍♂

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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