Man climbing: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A man with dark skin wearing a climbing harness, depicted mid-ascent on a textured rock face. His body is positioned as if he is actively gripping a hold to pull himself higher.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent rock climbing, hiking, or general physical effort. It serves as a visual shorthand for overcoming obstacles or reaching a difficult goal, often paired with the mountain or rock emojis to set the scene.
History
Climber emojis were added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the push for more diverse human representations. The dark skin tone variant followed shortly after in the Emoji 4.0 update, allowing users to select skin tones that better reflect their own appearance during digital communication.
Details
Glyph
🧗🏿♂
Unicode
U+1F9D7 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d7_1f3ff_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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