Man cartwheeling: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A figure of a man with a medium skin tone performing a lateral handspring with his legs arched over his head. The motion captures a mid-air rotation, showing the arms planted firmly on the ground while the body flips.

Usage Context

Used to express high energy, excitement, or a sense of playful agility. It frequently pops up in conversations about gymnastics, athletic training, or as a hyperbolic way to say you are thrilled about a piece of news, much like 🤸 or 🤸‍♀️.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 9.0 in 2016 as part of a push to introduce more gendered and diverse athletic figures. It draws inspiration from the long-standing tradition of using character-based icons to represent physical movement in early internet chat rooms and sports forums.

Details

Glyph

🤸🏽‍♂

Unicode

U+1F938 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f938_1f3fd_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD38;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍♂

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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