Man cartwheeling: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium-dark skin tone performing a cartwheel. He is captured mid-motion with his arms and legs extended, showing his body rotating sideways in the air.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to convey a sense of playfulness, high energy, or enthusiasm. It is a popular way to react to good news or describe someone being physically active. It pairs well with other movement-related icons like 🏃 or 🤸 to show excitement or athletic skill.

History

The cartwheeling person was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of a push for more inclusive, gendered, and active representations of movement. The skin tone variations were implemented using the Fitzpatrick modifier system to allow users to better represent themselves in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🤸🏾‍♂

Unicode

U+1F938 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f938_1f3fe_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD38;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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