Man playing water polo: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a light skin tone swimming while holding a yellow ball above the water, captured in a throwing motion. He is shown wearing a swim cap and preparing to launch the ball toward a goal.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to for discussing water sports, swimming workouts, or matches. It is frequently used by athletes and fans during the Olympics or competitive league play. It can also be paired with 🤽♀️ to represent a full team or mixed-gender competition.
History
Introduced in Unicode 9.0 in 2016, this character was part of a major push to expand sports-related icons in mobile messaging. It reflects the efforts of the Unicode Consortium to increase the diversity of human activities by incorporating varied skin tones and gender representations for professional and recreational sports.
Details
Glyph
🤽🏻♂
Unicode
U+1F93D U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f93d_1f3fb_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-sport
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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