Man climbing: light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a fair complexion shown in mid-climb, reaching upward with his hands and feet positioned against a steep surface. He is wearing athletic gear typical for rock wall training or outdoor expeditions.

Usage Context

Used to describe hobbies like rock climbing or bouldering, or to signal that someone is working hard to overcome a difficult obstacle. It is frequently paired with 🏔️ to denote mountain trekking or 🧗 to represent the general activity regardless of gender or skin tone.

History

This emoji was added in 2016 as part of Unicode 9.0. It was part of a larger push to expand the representation of athletic activities and human movement, following the standardization of gender and skin tone modifiers that allowed for more inclusive user-generated content.

Details

Glyph

🧗🏻‍♂

Unicode

U+1F9D7 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d7_1f3fb_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD7;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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