Man running facing right: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned man in motion, depicted mid-stride with his body oriented toward the right. The design captures the posture of a sprint or a distance run, focusing on the fluidity of human physical activity.

Usage Context

Used to signal that someone is in a rush, heading to an appointment, or training for a fitness goal. It is frequently sent to explain a delay, as in 'I'm running late,' or to celebrate athletic achievements alongside the 🏃 or 🏁 emojis.

History

While the basic runner emoji debuted in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the ability to modify skin tones arrived in 2015 via the Diversity Modifier update. The gender-specific and directional variations were added later to provide more granular control for users trying to accurately represent themselves in messaging apps.

Details

Glyph

🏃🏿‍♂‍➡

Unicode

U+1F3C3 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3c3_1f3ff_200d_2642_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFC3;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍♂‍➡

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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